Barack Obama just gave democracy’s simplest survival tip. Barack Obama spoke with Marc Maron about a simple habit that keeps democracy alive: meeting people in person. When you do, you start to see them as more than a headline or a social media post. Sure, they have blind spots (so do you), but they also have qualities that make them worth working with. That awkward tension and those disagreements? That’s exactly the point. It’s what drives real problem-solving. Change doesn’t happen online. It