Can We Meaningfully Improve Government With Experimentation?

I often speak about the importance of experimentation. What about experimenting with how we govern ourselves? As we enter election season, I'm struck by the question, can we run meaningful experiments with government: how we vote, create policy and legislation? The US method of governance was set up hundreds of years ago. Surely things have changed, and I would bet there's room for improvement. Shouldn't we be experimenting? This post is an exploration of three...