163/1. 🇬🇧 How Taiwan reinvented its democracy – AUDREY TANG (Former Taiwanese Minister)

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Part 1/2 : Technology, Collective Intelligence and Political Resilience with Audrey Tang, Former Taiwanese Minister

Audrey Tang is Taiwan's former Minister of Digital Affairs and now serves as its cyber ambassador. A self-taught hacker and Taoist thinker, she found herself at the heart of a unique democratic experiment in a country under constant geopolitical pressure.
Why do our democracies seem so fragile today, when we have never had so much information and so many communication tools at our disposal?
Mistrust, polarization, a sense of collective powerlessness.
Beyond parties and leaders, it is perhaps our way of producing meaning and making decisions together that is faltering, in an ecosystem dominated by private platforms and now by artificial intelligence.
In Taiwan, another path has been explored: viewing democracy as a living system, capable of learning, listening, and evolving, even under pressure from disinformation and cyberattacks.
In this episode, we talk about technology, emotions, collective intelligence, and trust.
And what democracy could become if we fundamentally rethink the way we connect with each other.

00:00 intro
01:43 Mass Extinction Awareness
02:19 Audrey Tang's Journey
6:42 Legacy and Power Sharing
13:59 Examining Democratic Struggles
20:00 Purpose of Democracy
22:24 The Role of Representation
27:03 Collective Intelligence in Action
29:38 The Sunflower Movement
36:03 Digital Tools for Democracy
40:05 Bridging Polarization
46:18 Trust and Governance
49:14 The Living Democracy
53:13 Scaling New Protocols
57:29 Redemption in Social Media

Recorded on Nov 7th 2025

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