Audrey Tang : How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy

Audrey Tang·TED2020
How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy
Summary
The speaker, Audrey Tang, is a Taiwanese free software programmer who has been described as one of the "ten greats of Taiwanese computing personalities" and now, works in the top executive cabinet as a digital minister in Taiwan.

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country in East Asia. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is one of the world's only socialist states explicitly aiming to build communism. The Chinese government has been variously described as communist and socialist, but also as authoritarian. And then, it’s said that coronavirus was spreading from China and couldn’t be stopping.

However, Taiwan successfully countered COVID using the power of digital democracy tools that are three “Fs”.  It's fast, fair, and fun, so by using digital, better things can tell you quickly, even there are people who can’t use it, it’s fairly told, and rumors are stopped by funny humor.

Not only for COVID but also all political strategy, it should be that democracy improves as more people participate,1)
digital technology is one of the best ways to improve participation, 2) and
the focus is on the common ground found by prosocial media. 3)
However, participants are separated into various groups, 1) digital technology is not used well, 2) and different things are announced by antisocial media 3) in a lot of countries including Japan and probably the U.S.

The speaker tells us that the coronavirus can be seen as a great amplifier as well. Taiwan learned many things from SARS, and with helping technology, could create a strong strategy to fight COVID. The world must be able to do the same things. We can use technology that we can connect with each other. It can just resonate with one another, focus on scientific data accuracy, and act quickly.

This is the job description of Audrey Tang.
When we see the internet of things, let's make it the internet of beings.
When we see virtual reality, let's make it a shared reality.
When we see machine learning, let's make it collaborative learning.
When we see user experience, let's make it about the human experience.
Whenever we hear the singularity is near, let us always remember the plurality is here.

This was a great story that can help us from coronavirus and for our beautiful future.