The power redistributions of the 21st century have dealt representative democracies out. Representative democracies are a poor fit to the challenges ahead, and 'rebooting' them is not enough. The future looks nothing like democracy, because democracy, which sought to empower the individual, is being obsolesced by a social order which hyperempowers him.

Or her? On the other hand, half the world's population have never made a telephone call. May I add that you cannot 'do' politics and power within what you claim is an objective (depoliticised} discourse.