So there’s a diminishing return, even if we all agree that it’s better to listen to two million people compared to 2000, we can’t actually digest two million people’s voices, which means that the majority of those two million people will feel disempowered, actually. They gave us all the suggestions, but we don’t have the bandwidth to digest it, which is why most policy makers kept to the Dunbar’s number, around 150 trusted experts, or MPs, as the voice of the people.

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