Ep 7: Meta-Politics
Guests: Audrey Tang & Nathan Schneider Series: Network Nations on GreenPill Podcast Listen: Spotify
Exploring metapolitics — the design of political environments rather than political positions — with two of the most innovative practitioners of democratic governance in the digital age. How can Network Nations act as a new kind of political actor without being bound to any particular political party or ideology?
Key Themes
- Metapolitics as designing the conditions for political coordination rather than advocating specific political outcomes
- Audrey Tang’s work as Taiwan’s Digital Minister: using tools like Polis and vTaiwan for large-scale participatory deliberation
- Nathan Schneider’s “exit to community” concept — transitioning platforms to democratic ownership
- Lessons from Taiwan’s civic tech movement (g0v) for Network Nations governance design
- Nathan Schneider’s essay “Notes on Old Religion for New Network Sovereigns” — what religious community traditions teach us about governance
- The relationship between democratic legitimacy and institutional design in distributed communities
- Radical transparency, “rough consensus,” and civic participation at scale
Key People & Organizations
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Audrey Tang | Taiwan’s former Digital Minister; civic tech pioneer |
| Nathan Schneider | Professor, cooperative governance; journalist |
| Primavera De Filippi | Co-host |
| Felix Beer | Co-host |
This episode is part of the Network Nations series.