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Re:IMF researchers: digital footprint yields better credit a... by ThrustVectoring on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:27AM (#26122233)
No. We don't actually want the most economically efficient system here. There are other extremely important characteristics - fairness, due process, legibility, and incentives come to mind here.

Like, presumably you could improve your creditworthiness prediction by cross-referencing against bankruptcy law related searches on Google and in library checkouts. We absolutely should not allow this, though - we care a lot more about having a society where people are free to read and speak about what they want than optimal consumer credit allocation.

Re:IMF researchers: digital footprint yields better credit a... by thegrimmest on Saturday February 13, 2021 @10:11AM (#26124008)
The requirement for "fairness" and "due process" indicate that you think credit is something a person is entitled to. Is this true? If so, can I ask why you think so?