
The point here is not just the result, but the method. The commitment I made as digital minister was not "these are the good ideas I will negotiate on behalf of the people." It was: "I really don't know what is proportionate, and we, the people, are invited to build this rough consensus through our civic muscle — together." Today, similar advertiser-verification and liability measures are being considered in Japan, and California has incorporated similar methods into Engaged California — currently deliberating about how to mitigate AI's impact on work. This is adaptation, not export: the authorship in each polity belongs to the particular people in that polity.