Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister and an accomplished programmer, is showing how digital tools can build strong, open, accountable democracies
Audrey Tang says tech can build trust, tame misinformation, and strengthen democracy. Her plan might even work in the US. Tweets: @paulsweeney , @agnescallard , @plexus , @michlimlim , @rossdawson , @eghosao , @codeforpdx , @johnlmacfarlane , @letahong , @monstro , @wired , @wired , @ketagalanmedia , and @nxthompson Tweets: Paul Sweeney / @paulsweeney : Utterly fascinating. The power of open source. Cc @NearForm @janeruffino @joehas @tprstly @paul73p @mims https://twitter.com/... Agnes Callard / @agnescallard : If you want to read a feel-good profile of a hero in the age of Covid, I don't think this can be beat. https://www.wired.com/... Arne Brasseur / @plexus : I stan Audrey Tang, have done so for years, and after reading this you will too. What an inspiration. https://www.wired.com/... Michelle Lim / @michlimlim : This is a great weekend read! Important addition to the “it's time to build” tech discourse. And also... just a beautifully-written profile of Tang & Taiwan's civic tech. 1/3: Its tech solutions were only successful because of the trust bet ppl and govt. https://www.wired.com/... Ross Dawson / @rossdawson : A must read: @wired feature on the super-inspiring Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister who was pivotal in the country's highly successful response to coronavirus, and is showing the path forward to open, enabling government and the future of democracy. https://www.wired.com/... Eghosa Omoigui / @eghosao : She pulls chapter 11 of the Dao De Jing, a 2,500-year-old classic of Daoist philosophy: “Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pot's not is where it's useful. ... So the profit in what is is in the use of what isn't.” https://www.wired.com/... An IQ of 180. #DontLeaveMe @codeforpdx : “Because at least one thing seems clear—to have any chance making civic technology practices work, you need a critical mass of citizens who are willing and able to participate.” https://www.wired.com/... @g0vtw @CodeforAll @CodeForNL @Code4Africa @publiccodenet @CodeforPakistan @johnlmacfarlane : Fantastic profile of a great role model for the Internet generation. https://www.wired.com/... @letahong : Love this piece on @audreyt and digital democracy in Taiwan - by @koxinga21 https://www.wired.com/... Lane Becker / @monstro : “Taiwan is demonstrating the best ways technology can be used to marry the energy and talents of civil society with the administrative powers of government bureaucracy.” https://www.wired.com/... @wired : Audrey Tang is a hacking prodigy, trans woman, and Taiwan's youngest-ever cabinet appointee. She thinks digital tools can be effectively used to build stronger, more open, more accountable democracies. https://www.wired.com/... @wired : Audrey Tang—a hacking prodigy, trans woman, and Taiwan's youngest-ever cabinet appointee—says digital tools can be effectively used to build stronger, more open, more accountable democracies. Her vision might just work in the US. https://www.wired.com/... @ketagalanmedia : “Most governments are not staffed by officials who share much in common with Tang, a trans woman, open-source software hacker, startup entrepreneur, and the youngest (at 35, in 2016) person ever to be appointed a cabinet member in Taiwan.” https://www.wired.com/... @nxthompson : Yes, technology can indeed be a tool to promote democracy! There is a place where the dream so many had in the early 90s is thriving. A wonderful @koxinga21 story about @audreyt and the use of civic tech to solve problems in Taiwan. https://www.wired.com/...