寧語藍實習日誌08:世界地球日全球公民講座

 世界地球日全球公民講座

         今天，我和粘主任一起參加了世界地球日講座。現場還有不少其他非政府組織的代表，包括台灣國際友人會、史坦施基金會等等。他們的舉措之一是推動美國國會通過相關立法或決議，特別是《台灣世界公民法案》或決議。他們的訴求包括支持台灣參與國際製造業的意願，反對不合理限制台灣參與的規定，以及要求解除台灣護照持有者入境台灣的禁令。他們竟然試圖在美國推動如此大膽的立法，這讓我頗感意外，因為我認為大多數美國議員不會輕易支持。

        此外，我還了解到台灣和美國對人工智慧的看法有何不同——就我的經驗而言，人工智慧在台灣社會乃至整個東亞地區更容易被接受和推廣，而在美國則更具爭議性。本次會議聚焦於全球及環境永續發展，旨在推廣人工智慧在「守護地球」的應用；儘管人工智慧在美國國內因資料中心對邊緣化、貧困的農村社區造成的環境破壞而飽受詬病。

         演講嘉賓之一，宏碁創始人施振榮希望將台灣打造成為“全球公民科技島”，利用台灣作為全球供應鏈樞紐的地位，透過科技、教育和文化推動全球文明發展。台灣的主要優勢在於其製造業和供應鏈，因此他們希望充分利用這一優勢，將台灣定位為全球創新中心。台灣對「物質文明」的貢獻巨大，因為大多數3C（電腦、通訊和消費性電子）產品都產自這裡。但他們也希望著力於文化文明的建設，並意識到台灣在正式外交方面面臨的挑戰，希望透過文化、思想和價值觀與世界各國建立聯繫來應對這些挑戰。我發現台灣民眾透過非正式管道拓展國際影響力的創意非常有趣。他們希望設立“世界公民日”，與地球日並列，作為台灣更積極參與國際社會的一種方式。

         在討論如何促進社會進步時，日本再次被提及。他們簡要介紹了日本的“社會5.0”，該理念強調科技創新如何全面改善人類生活。他們也提到，日本過去曾被譽為世界文化之都，世界各地許多人都渴望了解日本文化。自日本殖民統治台灣80多年後，台灣顯然仍然與日本保持著非常密切的關係，並在努力效仿日本社會方面取得了長足進步。

World Earth Day Global Citizenship Seminar

Today, Director Zhan and I attended a World Earth Day seminar. Representatives from other NGOs were also present, including the Taiwan International Friends Association and the Steinsch Foundation. One of their initiatives is to push for legislation or resolutions passed by the US Congress, particularly the *Taiwan Global Citizenship Act* or a resolution. Their demands include supporting Taiwan's participation in international manufacturing, opposing unreasonable restrictions on Taiwan's participation, and demanding the lifting of the ban on entry into Taiwan for Taiwanese passport holders. I was quite surprised that they were attempting such bold legislation in the US, as I thought most US lawmakers wouldn't easily support it.

Furthermore, I learned about the differences in perspectives on artificial intelligence between Taiwan and the US—in my experience, AI is more readily accepted and promoted in Taiwanese society and throughout East Asia, while it is more controversial in the US. This conference focused on global and environmental sustainability, aiming to promote the application of AI in "protecting the planet," despite the fact that AI is heavily criticized in the US for the environmental damage caused by data centers to marginalized and impoverished rural communities.

One of the speakers, Acer founder Stan Shih, envisions Taiwan becoming a "global citizen technology island," leveraging its position as a global supply chain hub to promote global civilization through technology, education, and culture. Taiwan's main strength lies in its manufacturing and supply chains, and they hope to fully utilize this advantage to position Taiwan as a global innovation center. Taiwan's contribution to "material civilization" is significant, as most 3C (computers, communications, and consumer electronics) products are manufactured there. However, they also hope to focus on building cultural civilization and recognize the challenges Taiwan faces in formal diplomacy, hoping to address these challenges by establishing connections with other countries through culture, ideas, and values. I found the creativity of Taiwanese people in expanding their international influence through informal channels very interesting. They hope to establish a "World Citizen Day," alongside Earth Day, as a way for Taiwan to participate more actively in the international community.

Japan was mentioned again when discussing how to promote social progress. They briefly introduced Japan's "Society 5.0," a concept emphasizing how technological innovation can comprehensively improve human life. They also mentioned that Japan was once hailed as a world cultural capital, and many people around the world are eager to learn about Japanese culture. More than 80 years after Japan's colonial rule over Taiwan, Taiwan has clearly maintained a very close relationship with Japan and has made great progress in trying to emulate Japanese society.