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Can technology create a democracy that's fast, fair … and even fun? Digital minister Audrey Tang shares how Taiwan avoided a COVID-19 shutdown in early 2020 through innovations like developing apps to map mask availability, crowdsourcing ideas that could become laws and creating a "humor over rumor" campaign to combat disinformation with comedy. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED science curator David Biello and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was recorded June 1, 2020.)
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I hope I can one day give a ted talk on the ocean , I’d love that
Good luck
SCDHL, what do you mean?
Yeah, but the seats gets wet. Maybe stick to giving your talk on land. 😉
Yes, you will.
#stayhome
#stayproductive
So far we have seen censorship by big tech and daily practices that are far from democracy. When there is monopoly there is abuse of power.
Absolutely. Crush the monopolies and incarcerate the abusers.
Remember monopolies mainly happen when they have governmental power. Amazon for example lobbied for a federal minimum wage for it and its competitors. This makes it harder for smaller companies as their profit margins will be lower, but Amazon can be spread thin just due to their size of production.
@Armory of Exegesis Yes indeed. When companies get too big like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft etc. They can lobby for policies that favor them. Campaign contributions and lobby efforts are form of legal bribes and just as detrimental for the health of society and fair trade.
太棒啦，唐鳳耶
T’ang Feng is his name
@Linda McMillan Translate:
That’s great! It’s Audrey Tung!
吳旭偉 thanks
萬惡的根源怠惰是 thanks
Audrey is a common Taiwanese name.
Don’t wait around for others to experience life with you. Take the lead, go out, and get the most out of life. Eventually, you’ll have more company than you can handle.
Since the time of TikTok I’ve had that same kind of thought!! Democracy can be more effective and less tampered with (ish) when it’s anonymous and through the internet
For a second I thought Hoan Ton-That is giving the speech. Thank goodness I was wrong
To the person who is reading this:
You’re amazing stay blessed, stay safe and have an amazing rest of your day!✨
Technology will never replace Charity !
As a Taiwanese, I am truly proud that we have such a brilliant person on an important government position.
Fast, fair, and fun
God bless you all
stay healthy yaa
No panic but keep praying:)
“Invite that person into co-creation workshops, but we are OK with that too” 12:43. What an interesting euphemism.
Democracy needs to be modernized. We need to incorporate block chain technology into the way we run the country.
Wow, Audrey & Taiwan are truly impressive
Sandile Mkhize feel free to visit our beautiful country after corona
@stephen j I definitely will. Greetings from South Africa
Thanks again thank goodness
This is brilliant! If only we have a digital minister like Audrey Tang in Singapore…
The title gave me a good laugh.