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Ethical Defaults is something I've been casually supporting for a long time. I think the statistics around organ donation are what got me started on it. We re
by EricMausler 3y ago
Ethical Defaults is something I've been casually supporting for a long time.
I think the statistics around organ donation are what got me started on it.
We really should have legislation mandating minimum consent by default options, and then additional legislation that creates allowances for non-minimum consent on a case-by-case basis. So we can allow, if we want, for organ donation to be consented to by default if the general public feels it is more ethical to default to consent on that option than not. And if harvesting everyone's data for AI is going to be default, then we would need a similar public consensus
The more work a company needs to do to get consent from its users, the less bullshit they are going to create and try to get away with because they'll need to actually convince people to care enough to change their defaults.
It will better align incentives between consumers and companies imo