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Town square beheadings, powdered wigs and democratic elections – although currently regarded as the sacred cow of modern democracies, the popular vote might ultimately end up in the same bucket as any other obsolete, bizarre or cruel tradition we used to believe was the pinnacle of our civilization. Are two (or multiple) heads really better than one? Does this mythical entity that periodically emerges from the voting population – this egregore of mediocrity – really know what’s best?