Audrey Tan on Digital Democracy
https://gyazo.com/5983c4c8e96be3674f9b940e8a3fd849
Whether to set Taiwan's time zone to GMT+9 or keep it at GMT+8
Compromising and shifting it by 30 minutes satisfies no one.
I listened carefully to why they wanted to change time zones.
I want to be "different from China, same as Japan and Korea."
Values we can agree on with those we want to maintain: "We want Taiwan to be a country with a unique presence."
Calculate the cost of time zone change
Can we use this budget to come up with ideas for common values that will make Taiwan more unique, instead of using it to change time zones?"
We reached an agreement in a mutually productive direction.
The time zone was not changed, but those who insisted on the change were satisfied.
Because their values were recognized and actions were carried out based on them.
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