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RadicalxChange(s)Audrey Tang: On Becoming a "Good Enough Ancestor"In this episode, Matt Prewitt sits down with Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador-at-large and 1st Digital Minister, as well as the star of the new short documentary Good Enough Ancestor. It is a fascinating conversation exploring the profound intersections of technology, spirituality, and democracy. Topics they cover include: Daoism and spiritual practice – and their favorite Leonard Cohen lyrics.“Laser blended vision” as a metaphor for democracy – integrating different perspectives into a coherent whole.“High-bandwidth, low-latency” democracy – allowing for real-time collaboration.January 6 vs. Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement – contrasting two parliamentary occupations.Marshall McLuhan’s “hot and cool media” – and what it...2025-03-111h 30
RadicalxChange(s)A New Era of Democracy Ep. 1 | Audrey Tang and Jo Guldi with Rosa O’HaraThis episode is part of a mini season of RadicalxChange(s) titled A New Era of Democracy.Rosa O’Hara moderates a discussion between Audrey Tang and Jo Guldi on Taiwan’s expeditious response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the history of the g0v movement, the democratic power of embracing new forms of civic technology, and more.Audrey Tang (@audreyt) is Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation. She is known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell, as well as for building the online spreadsheet system EtherCalc in collaboration with Dan Brickl...2022-02-231h 05