Let's Talk with Cybozu Plurality Plurality Practices and Expectations
7/22 20:00-21:00
Let's talk with Cybozu Plurality Plurality Practices and Expectations
DeSciTokyo Just before FtC Tokyo
"Let's Talk Plurality Plurality Practices and Expectations with Cybozu @cybozushiki"
Speakers
Cybozu
Mr. Takabe @t2ot2o
@nishio
CfJ
Mr. Seki @hal_sk
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1. event overview: 1.
Name: "Funding the Commons Tokyo" (Japanese only)
Dates: July 24-25
Size: More than 300 registered participants, about 360 including speakers
Day 1 Theme: Science Area, Science as a Public Good.
Day 2 theme: digital public goods and digital democracy
Special Guests: Audrey Tan and Glenn Weil (scheduled to visit Japan)
Streaming distribution available
2. concept of plurality:.
Definition: technological and social movements that overcome social divisions and promote cooperation among people with different perspectives
Key concept: "broad listening" (a technique for absorbing and reinforcing the opinions of many people)
Background: A Response to Social Media's Social Fragmentation in the 2010s
Objective: Update democracy, develop technology for cooperation
Characteristics: Respects human diversity while leveraging technology to aggregate opinions
The relationship between the Cybozu philosophy and the concept of Plurality:
Cybozu Philosophy:.
Purpose: "To create a society full of teamwork."
Values to focus on:.
a) Emphasis on diverse personalities
b) Facilitate dialogue and discussion
Affinity with Plurality:.
Respect for diversity: Cybozu's values of "valuing diverse personalities" and Plurality's concept of "collaboration of people with different perspectives" are aligned.
Importance of dialogue: Cybozu's emphasis on "dialogue and discussion" and Plurality's concept of "broad listening" are similar.
Fostering teamwork: Cybozu's Purpose and Plurality's "technology for collaboration" aspect are aligned.
Tetsuo Takabe's view:.
I felt a strong affinity between Cybozu's philosophy and the concept of Plurality.
This affinity was one of the factors that led to the decision to publish the Japanese version of the Plurality book
Expected effects:.
Possibility of Plurality concepts and technologies to provide useful hints for realizing Cybozu's corporate culture and philosophy
Expect Plurality's approach to be helpful in exploring new forms of teamwork and collaboration
The relationship between technology and humanity:.
Plurality's technology can contribute to Cybozu's goal of realizing a "society overflowing with teamwork
Their aspirations are aligned in terms of enhancing humanity and cooperation through technology.
3. participants and initiatives
a) Mr. Haruyuki Seki (Representative of Code for Japan):.
Career: 11 years in Civic Tech, started activities after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Perspectives: Open Source x Community x Government Fusion
Current Interests: digital democracy, Plurality
Code for Japan Activities: Citizens' use of technology to solve social issues
b) Mr. Yasukazu Nishio:.
Role: Involved in the translation of the Plurality book
Background of interest: Plurality as an extension of intellectual productivity improvement
Activity: Plurality in the campaign of [Takahiro Yasuno
View: Interested in future forms of governance based on AI-human cooperation.
c) Tetsuo Takabe (Cybozu formula):.
Role: Japanese editor of the Plurality book
Interest: Relationship between technology and humanity
Perspectives: The Restorative Potential of Humanity through Technology
4. practice in the Tokyo gubernatorial election:.
Candidate: Takahiro Yasuno
Tool: "Talk to the City" (AI-based opinion aggregation system)
Approach: Positive and participatory, different from traditional confrontational campaigning
Feature: AI visualizes citizens' opinions and reflects them in manifestos
Background: Learned the concept of Plurality from Mr. Nishio and was introduced to Talk to the City by Mr. Seki
5. discussion of digital democracy and AI:.
Key Issues: Importance of AI governance vs.
Nishio's view:.
If AI becomes smarter than humans, AI should rule.
However, the definition of people's happiness needs to be done by humans
It is not up to one person to decide, but must be datamined that there are diverse forms of happiness
Without it, if an AI rules, it will impose someone else's predetermined form of happiness.
So we should go in the order of digital democracy, then integrated technocracy.
Seki's view: the importance of human participation and deliberation
Models discussed:.
Yusuke Narita's "Politicians become cats" theory.
"Democracy in the 22nd Century Elections will become algorithms and politicians will become cats."
Three ideologies: integrated technocracy, digital democracy, and entrepreneurial libertarianism
Ideology in the 21st Century
6. the Japanese version of the Plurality book:.
Publication schedule: Within the year
Current Status: Reservations are now available on Amazon
Event Development: Booth to be exhibited
Translation project start: approx. October 2022
7. expectations for the event
Purpose: A place for experimentation in search of new forms of democracy
Content: Sharing of practical examples from various municipalities, discussion of the importance of digital public goods
Featured Session: Audrey Tan and Takahiro Yasuno in Conversation
Broad listening in practice
Expected outcome: development of an ecosystem to support the public
8. other topics:.
a) Dig DAO Community Activities:.
Purpose: Research and development of environment and technology to support Web 3.0
Origin: Derived from Web3.0 study group of [digital agency
Current Status: Independent from the Digital Agency with about 10 members.
Initiatives: Experiments with Digital Matching Funds
DigDAO Matching Donations
b) Quadratic Funding (Quadratic Funding): The
Concept: New mechanism to distribute funds to more diverse options
Objective: Effective allocation of funds to public goods
9. discussion on the future of democracy:.
Issue: Limitations of current representative democracy (problems with quadrennial elections)
Suggestion: need for more frequent and concrete [citizen participation
Direction: Explore new decision-making processes using technology
Goal: Build a social consensus-building mechanism that is [convincing
Maybe I'll tell you about it.
Late May 2024, a turbulent time.
Audrey+Glen+Halsk@Cybozu
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