Comment by Audrey Tang

“The same process—public input facilitating but not replacing government actors—held true in 2024, when 447 randomly invited people deliberated in 44 online groups on fraud advertising … the assembly’s contribution was agenda-setting, scrutiny, and legitimation. The people shaped a position that lawmakers acted on. They did not write the law. … Looking past any single event, I am drawn to rotating assemblies … Each session does one cognitive subtask well, and the artifact it hands to the next session becomes the accountability layer.”