That actually instilled in me this deep belief about the innovation capability of the public servants. A year later, I would find a startup working on web technologies. And I joined through the Perl community, the fabulous internet society that runs with this crazy idea, an open multi-stakeholder political system that still powers the internet today. And so, the one thing that I learned is that it doesn’t matter if I’m just 15 years old. It doesn’t matter that English is not my native language. All it matters is a good idea and an email address, and anyone can join any working group to make the internet for the better. So, this is not about who you are, it’s about the value that you hold and the value that you can contribute to the community. This resonates with our President, Dr. Tsai Ing-wen who said a very inspiring statement in her inauguration speech four years ago. She said, “Before we imagined democracy as a clash, a showdown between two opposing values. But nowadays democracy must be calm. A conversation between many diverse values.” And that explains the idea of rough consensus very well.

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