From 4ae78db111b675332fc21f60fd1308853e6f6b1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rogier Muller Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 14:52:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix remaining Section 2 typos --- ...-0-information-technology-and-democracy-a-widening-gulf.md | 4 ++-- contents/english/2-2-the-life-of-a-digital-democracy.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contents/english/2-0-information-technology-and-democracy-a-widening-gulf.md b/contents/english/2-0-information-technology-and-democracy-a-widening-gulf.md index 05fecf10..66b7489b 100644 --- a/contents/english/2-0-information-technology-and-democracy-a-widening-gulf.md +++ b/contents/english/2-0-information-technology-and-democracy-a-widening-gulf.md @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This failure has manifested in four ways. First, public opinion in democratic c
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Figure 2-0-A. The rise of the Techlash. Source: Google nGram Viewer[^ngram2]
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Figure 2-0-A. The rise of the Techlash. Source: Google Ngram Viewer[^ngram2]
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@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Beginning with recent trends in the increasingly well-measured venture capital i However, while these priorities are relatively recent and appear to emerge from the logic of “the market”, they reflect a much longer-running and collectively direct set of choices. These stem from the investments governments in democratic countries have made. [^GartnerReport].
-Shows the relative frequency in English books of "artificial intelligence" from 1950-2019 showing a surge in the late 1980s followed by a retreat and then a much greater surge beginning in the mid 2010s. +Shows the relative frequency in English books of "artificial intelligence" from 1950-2019 showing a surge in the late 1980s followed by a retreat and then a much greater surge beginning in the mid-2010s. **
Figure 2-0-E. The relative frequency of "artificial intelligence in English books 1950-2019. Source: Google Ngrams[^Ngrams]
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diff --git a/contents/english/2-2-the-life-of-a-digital-democracy.md b/contents/english/2-2-the-life-of-a-digital-democracy.md index e3cd0916..93bbacca 100644 --- a/contents/english/2-2-the-life-of-a-digital-democracy.md +++ b/contents/english/2-2-the-life-of-a-digital-democracy.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ While this is an interesting set of programs, one might naturally inquire about #### Economic -While the economic lens of Taiwan's performance is far from the most important, it is one of the easier to quantify and provides a useful baseline for understanding the starting point for the rest. In one sense, Taiwan is an upper-middle income country, like much of Europe, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $34,000 per person in 2024 according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[^IMFgdp] However, prices are much lower in Taiwan on average than in almost any other rich country; making this adjustment (which economists call "purchasing power parity") makes Taiwan the second richest country on average other than the US with more than 10 million people in the world. Furthermore, as we discuss below, most sources suggest that Taiwan is much more equal than the US, which means it is likely the country of that size with the highest typical living standards in the world. Thus Taiwan is best thought of as among the absolute most developed economies in the world, rather than as a middle-income country. +While the economic lens of Taiwan's performance is far from the most important, it is one of the easier to quantify and provides a useful baseline for understanding the starting point for the rest. In one sense, Taiwan is an upper-middle income country, like much of Europe, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $34,000 per person in 2024 according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[^IMFgdp] However, prices are much lower in Taiwan on average than in almost any other rich country; making this adjustment (which economists call "purchasing power parity") makes Taiwan the second richest country on average other than the US with more than 10 million people in the world. Furthermore, as we discuss below, most sources suggest that Taiwan is much more equal than the US, which means it is likely the country of that size with the highest typical living standards in the world. Thus, Taiwan is best thought of as among the absolute most developed economies in the world, rather than as a middle-income country. The sectoral focus of Taiwan's economy stands out as well. While perfectly comparable data are hard to come by, Taiwan is almost certainly the most digital export-intensive economy in the world, with exports of electronics and information and communication products accounting for roughly 31% of the economy, compared to less than half that fraction in other leading technology exporters such as Israel and South Korea.[^TradingEcon] This fact is best known to the world for what it reflects: that most of the world's semiconductors, especially the most advanced ones, are manufactured in Taiwan and Taiwan is also a major both manufacturer and domicile for manufacturers of smartphones such as Foxconn. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Taiwan is also marked by a unique experience with religion among rich countries, #### Political -Taiwan is widely recognized both for the quality of its democracy and its resilience against technology-driven information manipulation. Several indices, published by organizations such as Freedom House[^Freedom], the Economist Intelligence Unit[^EIU], the Bertelsmann Foundation and V-Dem, consistently rank Taiwan as among the freest and most effective democracies on earth.[^demrank] While Taiwan's precise ranking differs across these indices (ranging from first to merely in the top 15%), it nearly always stands out as the strongest democracy in Asia and the strongest democracy younger than 30 years old; even if one includes the wave of post-Soviet democracies immediately before this, almost all are less than half Taiwan's size, typically an order of magnitude smaller. Thus Taiwan is at least regarded as Asia's strongest democracy and the strongest young democracy of reasonable size and by many as the world's absolute strongest. Furthermore, while democracy has generally declined in every region of the world in the last decade according to these indices, Taiwan's democratic scores have substantially increased. +Taiwan is widely recognized both for the quality of its democracy and its resilience against technology-driven information manipulation. Several indices, published by organizations such as Freedom House[^Freedom], the Economist Intelligence Unit[^EIU], the Bertelsmann Foundation and V-Dem, consistently rank Taiwan as among the freest and most effective democracies on earth.[^demrank] While Taiwan's precise ranking differs across these indices (ranging from first to merely in the top 15%), it nearly always stands out as the strongest democracy in Asia and the strongest democracy younger than 30 years old; even if one includes the wave of post-Soviet democracies immediately before this, almost all are less than half Taiwan's size, typically an order of magnitude smaller. Thus, Taiwan is at least regarded as Asia's strongest democracy and the strongest young democracy of reasonable size and by many as the world's absolute strongest. Furthermore, while democracy has generally declined in every region of the world in the last decade according to these indices, Taiwan's democratic scores have substantially increased. In addition to this overall strength, Taiwan is noted for its resistance to polarization and threats to information integrity. A variety of studies using a range of methodologies have found that Taiwan is one of the least socially, ethnically and religiously polarized developed countries in the world, though some have found a slight upward trend in political polarization since the Sunflower movement.[^polarization] This is especially true in *affective polarization*, the holding of negative or hostile personal attitudes towards political opponents, with Taiwan consistently among the 5 least affectively polarized countries.[^LeaderAffectivePolarization]