Wisdom of The Crowds

Large, diverse groups of independent people make better decisions. An award-winning book The Wisdom of Crowds shows how and why. A friend stated he believed proportional representation a demand of the Lib Dems would be a complete failure if adopted in the UK. I say go further why are we so scared to initiate a shift from "representative democracy" to "direct democracy". The collapse of communism in the 20th century removed an ideological bogeyman that propped up the politics of representative democracy of the 2oth Century. This is the 21st century isn't it time for a change. Democracy is currently in a condition of arrested development. Each person exercises their political right once every few years casting a vote to choose their representative. These power crazed representatives then make all the decisions which in the extreme can lead a country to war. This is not what the ancient Athenians had in mind for democracy.