one of the people in the crowd that night was civic hacker audrey tang.e night before they burst in, when they were just about to burst in, and i was there providing internet connectivity. having recently returned from a high—flying career in silicon valley, she turned from technologist to politician. describing herself as a conservative anarchist, audrey became the youngest member of taiwan's cabinet, and the world's first transgender minister. she and her colleagues became the champion of a new transparent process of decision—making. it was called v, or virtual taiwan, and its first big job was to get people talking. and its first big test was literally on the roads of taiwan itself. it all started at uber, just like the one that i am in now. the company moved in and was trying to get more of a share in taiwan, but like in so many other places around the world, it was disruptive. it was disrupting laws, and regulations, and no one knew what to do. then, a new digital platform was used and a deadlock that existed was broken. central to the v taiwan proce

one of the people in the crowd that night was civic hacker audrey tang.night before they burst in, when they were just about to burst in, and i was there providing internet connectivity. having recently returned from a high—flying career in silicon valley, she turned from technologist to politician. describing herself as a conservative anarchist, audrey became the youngest member of taiwan's cabinet, and the world's first transgender minister. she and her colleagues became the champion of a new transparent process of decision—making. it was called v, or virtual taiwan, and its first big job was to get people talking. and its first big test was literally stormed the legislative parliament after trade laws were brought in. like brexit in britain, it split the country in half, not least because many thought it brought taiwan too close to china. but mostly because they felt their views, theirfears were ignored by those in power. amongst the crowd was a new kind of protester, called civic hackers. and its first big test was literally on the roads of taiwan its