OK, great, I will. Thanks very much.

Is that the one that you sent two days ago that you can post...?

Thanks very much. I appreciate you taking the time to do the interview. As I’m writing this, if I have follow‑up questions, which I always do and will, can I email you?

No, I’m just trying to understand where you’re coming from. I’m not sure I quite understand the point about the emojis.

No, I almost watched it on the plane, but I didn’t see it.

Anything that you think is really important that we haven’t talked about that hasn’t been covered in the other background interview, or things that you would like to say? I always ask that.

Give me just one minute to scan my notes and make sure I didn’t miss something important.

How so?

I’m just asking you, as a person.

But the political action, depending on whether you feel like it’s useful to have closer ties with the mainland. The actions you take are based on your views on the issue, no?

Book, sorry?

I mean Taiwanese independence.

No, you know what I mean.

What’s your position on independence? Do you have a position?

To be involved in political life.

[laughs]

You don’t see the point? Why not?

No party at all.

You’re not a member of the DPP, or are you?

What are the aspects of the Silicon Valley culture that you think wouldn’t work particularly well here?

I remember in one interview I read that you said, and I might be misquoting you, I don’t have it right in front of me, but something to the effect that it’s impossible to have a Silicon Valley in Asia. Why is that?

You think that’s something that’s likely to happen in the next couple of years?

You think she’s still not only committed to the policy in theory, but also committed to, in practice, trying to...

There was something last week. Somebody was telling me that President Tsai said something to a visitor that it’s not...what did she say exactly? That it may not happen in our lifetime...

Largely out of...?

You’re OK? OK. Let me ask a little bit about marriage equality. I know President Tsai has spoken of it. Have you been satisfied with...obviously there’s judicial and legislative efforts working...

I think we’ve been talking for a little more than an hour or so.

A referendum or direct voting on issues or even political leaders isn’t always desirable if you haven’t done the prep work. Is that what you’re saying?

You vote in political elections?

You don’t vote?

How does the value of direct democracy or an anarchical worldview differ from just majority rule? Is it the same or is there...?

I’m sorry. My question is which government do you think is currently employing the openness that you would want to see?

Which governments do you think are best at the kind of openness that you want to bring to the Taiwanese government? Are there governments that are much better you feel than what Taiwan is doing right now, or do you feel like Taiwan is at the forefront of this?

Confirmation bias.

The weakness?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let’s see. This is just going back to the strengths and weaknesses of the American system as you see it. We never quite got that far. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses?

Tell me if I’m remembering this wrong but I think in one of the interviews you were saying you’d be an advocate of direct democracy in most cases. Is that...?

I’m just curious. You’re a shrewd student of the effect of the Internet on the concept of time. Can you just talk a little bit more about the concept of time, how it’s devolving in the Internet age, and what effect you think that’s likely to have on the state ...

One of Benedict Anderson’s statements, and he was talking about nationalism as a product of the industrial revolution, and a product of the newspaper revolution, he talked about the changes in time that helped to bring about national consciousness, this notion that people were living simultaneously in what he called ...

The reason I ask is because I’ve seen some of the interviews you’ve done. You’ve talked about the concept of time, and how the Internet affects the concept of time.

Have you read Benedict Anderson?

What do you mean by that?

What do you think about it in an absolute sense? Is the US, in your view, a model to emulate? Obviously not in everything, but in some things? What do you think?

It’s a good thing for Americans?

You’re talking about as a tool of nationalism?

A useful motivator for...?

Americans like to think of themselves ‑‑ historically there’s this notion of the "City on the Hill" ‑‑ as an example for the world to emulate. What do you think of that notion? Is there any validity, in your view, to that notion?

Total sounds like a year?