In the 1990s Taiwan remained controlled by martial law, and yet today it sits among Asia’s most progressive and principled democracies. Taiwan boasts one of the region’s most transparent public administrations. What led to this massive shift in paradigm for Taiwan?

Let’s now speak about Taiwan and radical transparency, if you don’t mind.

What is social innovation and what led you into this particular area?

Next question. You were interested in programming from a very young age. What sparked this interest?

She’s going to see the hands and the computer.

Because she’s doing shortcuts, like…

Let’s do the next one. Is it OK for you to have the computer?

OK.

OK, sure. You were interested in programming from a very young age. What sparked this interest, and what is social innovation, and what led you into the area of social innovation?

Exactly.

I mean, the same level…

Could you speak again, sorry?

Awesome.

You describe yourself as a civic hacker and a conservative anarchist. Can you tell us what that means and why you identify with these terms?