What do you think about fake news? If you are put in charge to deal with the issue, what would be the strategy that you would take to combat fake news?
Having it red flagged, sort of thing.
The person who receives it, is the person who....can it classify whether that’s disinformation...?
That’s really exciting. Since you touched on foreign involvement, I’ve got a flipside. There could also be people who really want to help contribute to making Taiwan a better place. I’m curious, for example, you have this joint platform where people could provide their suggestions and ideas. I know with the hackathon you are also recruiting other teams.
I guess my question is, is there a place or is there a plan for people whether they’re Taiwanese or they’re foreigners who are interested in providing innovative ideas other than the annual hackathon?
To expand on that, let me give you an example to explain where I’m coming from. For example, in one of our meetings, there were two Americans and a Taiwanese American who had suggestions for Taiwan Tourism website. These two Americans had lived in Taiwan before. They are so passionate about everything Taiwanese.
We were sitting around talking about Taiwan and they touched on the issue of the website by the tourism bureau. They were like, "You know there’s so much misspelling. I just wish somebody would tell them to do something about it." I’m saying a suggestion like that in terms of global communications.
I think the bureaucrats are very committed to their work but sometimes they don’t understand the other cultures or languages as well as the locals do. For people from outside of Taiwan, whether they’re Taiwanese or they’re Americans who wanted to contribute ideas to improve our global communications or strategy towards better diplomacy with other countries, is there a way of sharing their perspectives right now? Is there a plan?
That means that the suggestions are not limited to domestic issues. You can actually give suggestions for foreign policies.
I just have two more questions. They are personal questions for you.
Obviously, we know that you have made a decision early on to make a sex change, right?
I’m just curious, what does it mean to be a woman, to you? The reason that you wanted to redefine yourself, there’s a drive, a sense of maybe a connection to a certain sex. So what does it mean to be a woman to you?
I can tell that life experience made you a more empathetic person, because you’re able to look at things from so many different perspectives.
That’s something I really appreciate and it really comes through. Last question for you, what’s on top of your bucket list?
Awesome. Any chance you want to come out to San Francisco?
Yeah, I’m sure you have, because you used to work for Apple.
OK. Thank you so much for your time.
There are a lot of interesting thoughts that you mentioned today that I can probably share in the event announcement. It’ll be a good intro as well.
OK. I’ll keep you posted once I have more information.
Thank you.
