So it is with great pleasure that I welcome to the podium today, my friend and our fellow Rotarian, Edgar Lin.

Okay, can you hear me? I'm gonna start with why I care about our democracy.

I grew up in a democratizing Taiwan, and aside from advanced chips, Taiwan is known for one of the freest democracies in Asia, right after Japan.

But folks may be actually less familiar with Taiwan's democracy story, which I can spend an entire talk on, but I'm just gonna focus on my slice here.

When I was a kid, my dad used to take me to political meetings everywhere, all the time.

I'm not sure he was trying to inspire any principles in me, but I am sure we had no childcare.

So I sit in the back of these rooms, playing by myself, understanding almost none of it.

Trying to see if I can see this,