Plurality: How Taiwan Managed to Unite Its People Through Tech - Audrey Tang & Glen Weyl

In a world constantly torn by social division amplified by polarizing scissor statements throughout social media, Taiwan conducted a social experiment aimed at strengthening social unity while also embracing diversity. Plurality details how Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang and her collaborators achieved inclusive, technology-fueled growth that harnessed digital tools to provide an antidote to information chaos and warfare. The open-source book is living proof that present global challenges can be solved through democratic solutions that embody a decentralised ethos.

We were joined by Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl, co-authors of Plurality, to discuss the social dynamics they studied and how technology can be used to unite rather than divide.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How Audrey & Glen met and Plurality’s genesis
• Audrey’s journey from civic hacker to Taiwan’s Digital Affairs Minister
• How democracy is perceived around the world
• Establishing a co-creating mentality
• Scissor statements and how to avoid division
• How Polis works
• Leveraging Web3 to strengthen democracy & social collaboration
• Decentralised co-ownership
• Web3 governance
• Human facilitators

Episode links:

• Audrey Tang on Twitter
• Glen Weyl on Twitter
• Plurality Book on Twitter
• Plurality Institute on Twitter
• Radical xChange

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This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.