Democracy and Digital Technology

What is democracy? How is technology used in the context of democracy? What have been some risks? What are some success stories? How might we use blockchain to increase participatory democracy?

https://www.radicalxchange.org

According to wikipedia Tang Feng (Chinese: ĺ”éłł; pinyin: TĂĄng Fèng; born 18 April 1981), also known by her English name Audrey, is a Taiwanese politician and free software programmer who served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan from August 2022 to May 2024.[1] She has been described as one of the “ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities”.[2] In August 2016, Tang was invited to join Taiwan’s Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making her the first transgender person and the first non-binary gender official in the top executive cabinet.[3][4][5] Tang has identified as “post-gender” and accepts “whatever pronoun people want to describe me with online.”[6] Tang is a leader of the Haskell and Perl programming language communities, and is the core member of g0v.

Plurality – Seeing Plural and Information Technology – A widening Gulf is an evolving book by Tang

Sunset Section 230 and Unleash the First Amendment

Envisioning a post-Section 230 landscape that fosters innovation in digital public spaces using models optimized for public interest rather than attention metrics.

By Jaron Lanier, Allison Stanger, and Audrey Tang

Screening:

A short film about Audrey Tang that screened last year at SXSW called Good Enough Ancestor

Optional: Firing Line a program on PBS recently released this interview with Audrey Tang, discusses how technology can advance democracy and the dangers posed by social media.

Lab: Continue Working on Games

Develop/Test/Develop/Test

  1. What is the goal? Target audience?
  2. Identify mechanics. What kinds of mechanics can players per-form to achieve that goal?
  1. Identify the conflict between players.
  2. Playtest.Every time you add a mechanic to the game, test it.
  3. Create deliverable.

Document Everything!