What a digital government looks like | Anna Piperal 

By 2022 Estonia will have transformed into a cloud of pure thought and left the physical universe behind

3:05 "Think about it. In most countries, people don't trust their governments. And the governments don't trust them back" This is a nice summary of why we aren't taking full advantage of technology, or anything really

Estonia did grow their GDP by 300%, since they digitized their government services. Reducing bureaucracy does work !

I'm an Australian living in Estonia. The digital ecosystem is fantastic, once you get past a few odd hurdles. Estonia really has set the standard. Oh, and visit Estonia, it's an amazing place :)

"One time only" rule is an amazing idea, how frustrating it is to hear each time from government organizations that they need your name and all that stuff. I barely never go to any appointment without address proof document. Good talk, thank you, Anna.

Damn what a presentation. Legend!

Very pleasant voice to listen to!

Quite encouraging to see the Estonian Government fully embrace technology and improve Government services easily accessible to all, at the same time have clear data ownership principles. Quite admirable

"One time only" and I own my data and see who accessed it, wow. Brilliant

This was an interesting talk. Really enjoyed it.

The rest of the world needs to become like this!

Siri... Is that you?

Estonia's lessons around digital identity, 'Once only', X-Road data exchange (including use of blockchain), Data ownership, and the concepts of the data embassy and e-residency - remain highly relevant to other Governments seeking to transform the way government and society interact. While some technological aspects have since evolved - the underlying approach remains a helpful example/model.

Great talk, great system! I hope Finland will soon follow in Estonia's footsteps in this. So far, the main problem has been the technologically challenged older people, who refuse to adopt new ways out of fear of the unknown, and their younger enablers, who keep drumming for their right to remain ignorant.

Ms. Piperal, Great presentation. Your countries system sounds wonderful. Maybe the USA can get there someday. Unfortunately, it may take an uprising and revolution to get us there! Kind Regards Bill Woodall Retired IT

Love this!! Especially the once only. Well done. Big fan of distributed computing. And it is amazing how well people behave when they know there is a log of their activity.

I’d like to have it in my country. We’re in 2020 and I can’t really see that we use the “digital” potential. Estonia has been using it for almost 20 years. Why can’t we? The vision of getting rid of all the paperwork has completely taken me. In my opinion we waste so much time organising, filling out or even keeping any kind of documents. Of course introducing such a solution to government’s system is probably not easy and takes lot of time but I’m sure it will pay off. In my country going to any office is a nightmare and I mean it. You have to be mentally ready for standing in a queue for half day , dealing with office workers and finally after all of this finding out that you didn’t bring one document which makes you unable to get something done. Here’s the solution and I love it.

Great Estonia, congratulations! Here from Brazil.

One BIG sales pitch , for your information !

This is what it should be around the world, open to anyone.

Bravo !

Thanks

Awesome! Now i‘d like to see A.I. Being the government itself. It‘s not perfect either but it would be preferable to a situation where narcissism fights its way to power.

I'm completely absorbed in this. I had the pleasure of reading something similar, and I was completely absorbed. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Adam Skylight

This is just astonishing.. great peoples do gteat things..

1:32 things you CAN'T do online: get ID documents, get married or divorced, real estate transactions 1:53 file taxes in 3 minutes from mobile device with pre-filled data 2:55 transformation of state role, digitalization of trust 4:00 e-Estonia design principles. Digital ID, digital signature 4:58 once-only distributed approach 6:06 X-Road data exchange protocol

Informative.

I pray my country reaches such levels one day.

So, they have to still fill in the forms, but they can't even ask anyone any questions :D Sounds great, truly :D

Google, how do I immigrate to Estonia?

Just wow.

I want government to be a subscription app I can download and pay for through monthly auto pay. If my government starts doing things I don't like, I don't need to write my Congressman, I just cancel my subscription and download a different app

Seems this could eliminate the faff of carrying and providing a pile of ID documents whenever you switch careers. One Card. One Account. Welcome!

I like how most people here are concerned about someone watching them or their information being hacked... well guess wat the government and private companies are doing with your on-paper documents when ur not watching! And by the way, when they copy them, you wont get a notification about it.

My country has had the same type of digital government as Estonia has, yet this video makes it seem like it's "new" to have for instance a digital identity, when here in Norway we've had BankID(digital identification) for online voting, online banking, social services and whatnot for many years. No one distrusts this system, everyone trusts the government. Good for them, though.

This is a marvel. I read a book with similar content, and it was a marvel to behold. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Adam Skylight

Sounds like a Yang 2020 Ad lol. Though seriously I herd about Estonia in the tech world and I always thought they were way ahead of every one. They were even doing multi-cryptographic decentralized ledgers way before Blockchain and Crypto came on the scene.

Data embassy is a great idea!

The Netherlands could learn from this. They are busy doing the same thing, sort of, but they are not on same level how she describe it. The only once principle is not used and only financials bank are implementing Blockchain.

Guess I’m becoming Estonian now.

Awesome.like to see this in India too

I must say the fundamental thing is still that you have to trust your governments ability to manage your data. Then again the same trust you have to give your government, digital or not. Estonia perhaps the biggest plus is that we are a "manageable" country with a small population, so if some politician or anyone gets rich quick the alarm bells go off. But practically the trust has been gained and at the end of the day the idea is very simple. Instead of going to the office and writing stuff on paper you simply file it online. Like the government will get your data one way or another. It's just more efficient. Every person saves hour/days of travel time in a year and as a population we save a percentage or two, three from the overhead cost of "the government". I kind of hate the concipracy theories. I mean if they mismanage the data then the government would mismanage any data and use it for ill , again digital or not. So far the system works and if we are constantly afraid of everything we could simply do away with government alltogether and live as hut tribes in forests. At the end we still have to "give power" to people to manage others and every system that has humans as a factor in it can fail. But putting those fears first would lead to no progress. I mean we are doing fine, we have roads, schools, gdp per capita is mostly going up, more cash in our pockets etc. It's stupid to have such big fears upfront. I mean its smart to be cautious but for gods sake, at least try the system before building a "mental wall" infront of you. This is more for US citizens who I have seen mostly being extra paranoid about their government while the main collectors are the ones all use as in facebook, google and other sorts tech companies who can track your phones through gps and they don't answer to any government or could "hop countries" . In the end well all know we live in a "broken world" that mostly has become democratic or in other words "the best semi-working system we have" to date. Putting a layer of digital infra on it is in no way the straw that would break the system.

Love u anna

Damn.

My other concern would be, for those who are living on the street, ir other wise homeless, how does this affect basic survival? If one doesnt have access to a device or computer, how do you prove your health history or insurance? Or vote, or collect assistance? I've had times where I didn't have a smart phone or computer. Is it a cash free culture as some other have said? Disabled or elderly people, how do they cope?

Nice

This seems to be a system that is working for Estonia. But how would it work for those people who do not wish to take the COVID jab.

Data rights should be human rights, and they should be modeled after the Estonian paradigm.

Thank you 🙏 Madam, for Beautiful Mesg

Ok may i apply for Estonian citizenship thru online?

Wonderful country in the world.

***Orwell intensifies***

12:26 Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me like she didn't answer her own "last question". That's odd.

replace all politicians with digital programs who neither know greed or corruption. Never In my life has anything sounded more right

Politicians, and the human factor in general, hinder more than they help. Humans have their own agendas that are often not in line with the common good. Prejudices, sympathy for some and not for others, corruption and personal gain, retribution of personal favors, and cognitive biases are some of the factors that compromise the evaluations of human decision makers. Algorithms and AI are much more reliable and transparent, and should be used whenever possible. When the unique abilities os humans are needed, a careful structure should be put in place to counteract the negative aspects of human judgment. A lot of progress has been made in this direction in psychology and behavioral economics, and these ideas should be used when we structure the decision-making processes. Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler have been talking about these things.

Just one word: "Admire"

**What a digital government looks like** :- *I mean, zeroes and ones, I guess ?*

OMG the opposite of Italy.

FINALLY

the analog alarm clock, was really the slave master, saying wake up wake up, get prepared to go to plantation for work...

Is it open source?

How about the snitch on your neighbors "e-Enemy" feature of the diia app!

13:00

And I am working on programmed halogramic humanoids that are operated from central database system and can serve people 24/7 which speaks all the languages in the world. After im done with it the people wont need anymore any burocracies any human service any waiting lines any corruption bribery elements any human contact policies relations etc. We are entering to a new era! :) Hi from Kyrgyzstan

It looks like it does, what did you think?

*Things that have actually happened in my life* Dad, trying to get his blood test results online: What do you mean I don't have permission IT'S MY BLOOD!??! Me: gets 100% on physics test, grade uploaded at 10am Text from mom 5 min later: I saw your test grade! I'm so proud of you 😊 Dad: why did this random government worker look at my birthdate? Me: walks into new doctors office Doctor: can you wait like 5 minutes, the system has crashed, i don't even know your age

Please can you do the talk here in India, the fools ruling our country need some sense stuffed into their heads. In all we have 3 national paper identities till now, and there is a 4th being proposed

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Steve Irvin said "Dainger, dainger, danger" - see he did not know the real danger.

this efficiency is admirable but should not be applied to empower the state but in the contrary to deconstruct it so to let free market give all services and abolish taxes and the inevitable human government corruption

Estonia has a population of only 1.3 million in 2020. Must be why this works.

A state can be free to approve a system that's intentionally insecure, though not on paper. For use as yet another figure in the power struggle against its people. So-o... this is by no means a silver bullet of citizen trust.

I kind of like what I am hearing about taxes being simplified and free to file. And hope the next step is not filing at all because the government already has all the data, so why they just send me an annual report?

My lucid dream for 2021

left the union and joined the another one... she says that the system is user-centric but the organization's requirements are always at the top.

I care more about what she has to say because she is pretty. I recognize the bias, but I don't try to fight it. Rather I recognize that people have this type of bias, and realize that one of my goals should be to be more pretty (or handsome in my case).

2002,2005.

That right👍😑

They're trying to get rid of cash, guys.

ESTONIA, LETS GOOOOO!!!

Can I get a tldr?

Did anyone else think her voice sounded like a digitally generated voice?

Meanwhile at the Iowa caucuses...

"Once only" then introducing Data Embassy (Backup)

and what happens when an EMP or solar flare shuts down the power and fries the system? You're basically back to zero. Hey, I love the idea of no bureaucrats but paper records have value. You'd also need to regulate the internet as a public utility; maybe easy to do in a country like Estonia, but here in Canada, it would be a logistical nightmare.

Who just watches this if they not in school

Estonians in public: hey look at this cool thing we did! Estonians in private: I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD FIREFOX TO VOTE THIS IS A NIGHTMARE

"... until are humans involved" 😅👍🏻

Be wary of trading freedom for convenience.

Meanwhile the United States is going back to paper ballots lol.

Haha they use blockchain, brilliant. Such a wonderful thing. This is the best talk ever.

A very interesting talk and something i shall give some thought too as i can already see some issues. However, i do have to take into account the things she mentioned as they may solve those problems. I also think i've found my future wife, she's beautiful!

This is some Metal Gear 4 stuff lol

12:20.. Until the humans involved 😂

Looks like Estonia will become the capital of Metaverse.

I think its less we need to digitalize our government and more give the current system an update to better utilize today's technology. Tech government sounds wonderful if nothing goes wrong but key word being "If". And I think we humans have demonstrated spectacularly that we cannot maintain good leadership in a changing world.

why she sounds like google text to speech synthesiser.

So no need for bitcoin?

My country does that? Certified bruh moment

Please anex us (poland)