At the Next Democracy Summit in San Francisco, four voices explore a fundamental question: what happens when the systems meant to represent everyone are shaped by only a few? From Ukraine and Mexico to the United States, this conversation examines power, self-governance, and what a more open future for democracy could look like.

What happens when the people who build software start asking what should happen if democracy worked the same way? At the Next Democracy Summit in San Francisco, Ruzgar Imski and Kate Lee explore a provocative idea: if code can be forked, why not laws, institutions, and even identity itself? In a world where AI remembers more about us than we do, the question is no longer who writes the rules—but who gets to change them.