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4-10-20, 1:30pm
If technology is freed to offer its benefits with a bottom-up approach by governments, it is amazing what is possible. Taiwan is doing just that.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/20200409?cmpid=ema:ddp:20200409
Polarization is poison to democracy setting up an us vs them mindset. Let technology enable the communication of ideas and sharing possibilities.
"Taiwan’s use of technology to enlist its citizenry in collaborative problem-solving also appears to have helped protect the island from polarization, populist movements, and political gridlock. “All of the major things that other democracies have been struggling with, somehow Taiwan has avoided, and COVID is just the most extreme example of this,” says Dr. Weyl. Learning from Taiwan, he says, could “help save liberal democracy.”
Ms. Tang describes Taiwan as “just part of this global movement to try to improve democracy’s relevance.” “As we say, Taiwan can help,” she stressed, quoting her government’s slogan, in an appearance in Washington, D.C., last month. Help indeed: Taiwan donated 2 million surgical masks to the United States, with delivery expected this week."
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/20200409?cmpid=ema:ddp:20200409
Polarization is poison to democracy setting up an us vs them mindset. Let technology enable the communication of ideas and sharing possibilities.
"Taiwan’s use of technology to enlist its citizenry in collaborative problem-solving also appears to have helped protect the island from polarization, populist movements, and political gridlock. “All of the major things that other democracies have been struggling with, somehow Taiwan has avoided, and COVID is just the most extreme example of this,” says Dr. Weyl. Learning from Taiwan, he says, could “help save liberal democracy.”
Ms. Tang describes Taiwan as “just part of this global movement to try to improve democracy’s relevance.” “As we say, Taiwan can help,” she stressed, quoting her government’s slogan, in an appearance in Washington, D.C., last month. Help indeed: Taiwan donated 2 million surgical masks to the United States, with delivery expected this week."