Well, this isn't scary.
Well, this isn't scary. China's already got a "social credit score". Health data or assumed health data being rolled into a thing like that would hardly be a problem. Now you're a bad citizen. At what point does that become criminal? It's not better that we are letting purely profit driven corporations do this without boundaries.
The problem, of course, is we know that shaming people doesn't work. If that worked, we'd all be hypothetical deities. We also know that making things an even greater economic burden is not only not motivating, but it also worsens socioeconomic disparities and turns one bad break into an ever-spiraling cascade of impossibilities, uphill both ways (hey, Sisyphus).
This is very much an area where Europe is way ahead of us and in the right.
Edit: article title - Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurers-are-vacuuming-up-details-about-you-and-it-could-raise-your-rates
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurers-are-vacuuming-up-details-about-you-and-it-could-raise-your-rates
The problem, of course, is we know that shaming people doesn't work. If that worked, we'd all be hypothetical deities. We also know that making things an even greater economic burden is not only not motivating, but it also worsens socioeconomic disparities and turns one bad break into an ever-spiraling cascade of impossibilities, uphill both ways (hey, Sisyphus).
This is very much an area where Europe is way ahead of us and in the right.
Edit: article title - Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurers-are-vacuuming-up-details-about-you-and-it-could-raise-your-rates
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurers-are-vacuuming-up-details-about-you-and-it-could-raise-your-rates
China's social credit scheme looked incredibly creepy, skeevy, and designed for abuse from the very minute I saw it. Every time I read more (which is not infrequently, but most of my outrage is consumed by Trump so I don't post much about it) it looks worse.
ReplyDeletebusinessinsider.com - A Chinese university suspended a student's enrolment because of his dad's bad social credit score
(I know your point is about the American accidental system, but it reminded me I wanted to mention the China college thing.)
ReplyDeleteGo for it! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm making the analogy for a reason, so :)
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