David Farrell, an academic who has studied the Irish example of citizen assemblies addressing national issues in a new and edifying way, talks with Lawrence Lessig about the success of citizen assemblies in Ireland, the impact of deliberation on attitudes, constructing and organizing a citizen assembly room, the use of citizen's assemblies in addressing various topics, the development and success of Belgian citizen assemblies, and the lack of innovation and implementation of democratic processes in the United States.
