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Plurality
- The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
- Narrated by: E. Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang, JJ Reynolds-Strange, Kaliya Young, Matt Prewitt, Divya Siddarth, Gisele Chou
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
Digital technology threatens to tear free and open societies apart through polarization, inequality, and loneliness. But in the decade since the weeks-long occupation of their parliament, a diverse island of resilience has shown another way is possible.
Taiwan achieved inclusive, technology-fueled growth, overcame the pandemic without lockdowns and the infodemic without takedowns, entrusted its people to tackle shared challenges like environmental protection while capitalizing on a culture of innovation to hack the government.
Here, the architects of Taiwan's internationally acclaimed digital democracy share the secret of their success. Plurality harnesses digital tools not to replace humans or trust, but to channel the potential energy in social diversity that can erupt in conflict instead for progress, growth and beauty. From intimate digitally empowered telepathy to global trade running on social networks rather than money, Plurality offers tools to radically enrich relationships while leaving no one behind.
Plurality thus promises to transform every sector from healthcare to media, as illustrated by the way it has been written: as a chorus of open, self-governing collaboration of voices from around the globe. Their work in public on this openly available text shows, as well as tells, how everyone from a devout African farmer to a Hollywood celebrity can help build a more dynamic, harmonious and inclusive world.
E. Glen Weyl is Founder of RadicalxChange, Microsoft Research's Plural Technology Collaboratory, & Plurality Institute & co-author of Radical Markets.
Audrey Tang is the inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs in Taiwan & the inaugural transgender minister in the world.
A global community of dozens collaborated to create this first-ever open-source self-governed book harnessing tools described within.
You are invited to join us at plurality.net.