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And I'm not saying that they're not. But the reality is that that help isn't coming from the average person on the street. The institutions capable of actually
by dcolkitt 7y ago
And I'm not saying that they're not. But the reality is that that help isn't coming from the average person on the street. The institutions capable of actually providing help, already have access to this data.
What's relevant is the proposed tech empowers the average person the street to quickly access and synthesize already public information. It's essentially no different than a real-time background check.
And I would almost certainly think that you'd agree that in a situation where your personal safety is potentially at risk, that you'd prefer to have this information available to you. If you were hiring a baby-sitter for your kid, would you not conduct a background check. If the background check revealed that said babysitter was a schizophrenic meth addict, would you still hire that person?
Of course not. That person needs help, but you as a private individual going about your life is not the entity capable of providing it.
- girvo 7y agoYou're arguing something that I never said, though. I agree with you: private individuals should not be expected to fix systemic issues on their own. But the government and the institutions and so on that we create sure should.
- Chris2048 7y agoYou said: > That schizophrenic meth addict deserves help as much as anyone else does. Does that not imply op suggested otherwise?