2022-07-19 Opening Remarks at IC²S²
Channel: PDIS
Date: 2022-07-20

Today, in many places around the world, technology and democracy are at war. Technology bolsters authoritarian surveillance and corrodes democratic institutions, while democracies are fighting back with more and more regulation.

However, this conflict is not inevitable; it is a choice made by investing in technologies that instantiate anti-democratic values.

In Taiwan, we have instead focused on investing in social technologies that empower diverse collaboration, and we have seen those technologies flourish together with our democracy.

We are not alone. Every technologist, policymaker, business leader and activist alike can harness Plurality to build collaborative diversity toward a democratic world.