Digital Social Innovation: #TaiwanCanHelp

When we see “internet of things”, let’s make it an 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 human experience. When we hear “the singularity is near”, let us remember: the Plurality is here.

Audrey Tang Digital Minister of Taiwan • RadicalxChange Board Audrey Tang, formerly known as Autrijus Tang), is a Taiwanese free software programmer, who has been described as one of the ‘ten greats of Taiwanese computing personalities’ and is considered one of Taiwan’s brightest. In August 2016, she was invited to join the Taiwan Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making her the first transgender official in the top executive cabinet. At the age of 16 Tang founded her own company after dropping out of school, she then went on to become an adviser to BenQ and Apple, and by 33 she announced her retirement. She is a prominent member of groups using Haskell and Perl programming languages and has contributed to the designs of systems such asKwiki, Windows RT and Slash, and she has devoted her time to Internet public welfare projects, such as the g0v.tw platform and the promotion of the vTaiwan platform.