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Do not make “no precedent” into Reasons not to do it.

  • If we are stuck with precedents and conventions, the digital revolution will be impossible.

  • In Taiwan, it is common practice for both governments and companies to “change as needed. Once a rough policy is decided, the rest is revised as needed while running. This was a far cry from the decision-making process that had been used in Taiwan up to that point, and was initially criticized by many, but I feel that this way of thinking has been accepted in Taiwan today.

  • Failure is also an asset.

In recent years, the number of Southeast Asian women moving to Taiwan through international marriages with local men has increased dramatically, and 9.1% of Taiwanese elementary schools have children whose mothers are of foreign origin (from 2019 statistics).

  • The environment has influenced Taiwanese society as a whole to foster a sense of value that “it is natural for people to be different.

Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize “same-sex marriage” in May 2019.

To acquire diversity… To continually listen to the voices of people who think differently from you

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Audrey’s proposal, which later had a profound impact on Taiwanese policy, was the digital platforms “vTaiwan” and “Join

  • Any of these platforms will require you to register a handle or profile, but anonymity is fine.

  • In Japan, Taro Kono, who became Minister of State for Administrative Reform in September 2008, established the “Regulatory Reform Hotline,” but due to a flood of opinions, the program was suspended in November and remains suspended to this day. Even if it is revived in the future, the current measures are inadequate.

Since her appointment as IT Minister, she has been publishing on the Web all the contents of e-mails that come to her official account and her replies to those e-mails, with due consideration for privacy. Her word-for-word recordings of interviews she has given are likewise publicly available. She says it is important for the government to present to society the process by which it makes any decisions


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