Instead of just “3 bits every 4 years”—which is called voting, where you choose between candidates—we want more bandwidth. Voting is very high latency (a long time to wait) and very low bandwidth (not a lot of choices). In Taiwan, we ensure that there is “continuous democracy.” Anytime, you can participate in online petitions, participatory budgeting, e-collection for referendums, or the Presidential Hackathon.

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