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How about letting people opt out? Ban things that we have good reasons to believe are harmful for people (or sign them up by default for things we believe are
by agent008t 8y ago
How about letting people opt out?
Ban things that we have good reasons to believe are harmful for people (or sign them up by default for things we believe are beneficial for them), but allow people to opt out by submitting some document that basically says "I know what I am doing is likely bad for me but I accept the risks"?
This way you both protect people from their own irrationality and maximize liberty.
- bobthepanda 8y agoWhat is the value of informed consent from an irrational or desperate person? The vast majority of people do not read lengthy forms; GDPR updated notification requirements to reflect that. Restricting irrational behavior to limit damage to society is not new; that’s why we regulate things like usurious payday loans. One person being irrational is not dangerous, but many people being irrational is. The Great Depression started from the fallout of everyday people mortgaging their house and their car because the stock market was advertised as guranteed returns.