Democracy cannot be delegated. Not to an algorithm, not to an expert, not even to a friend from Taiwan. It must be continuously, imperfectly exercised by people who have chosen to remain in relationship with each other. It is like sending your robot to the gym to lift weights for you — impressive, I am sure, but your muscles atrophy that way. The river of democracy does not need one ruler. It needs many stewards, each lovingly tending a stretch, working seamlessly to free the future — together.