Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons...
by fsckboy on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:01PM
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> GSK doesn't have your well being as it's goal, it has it's own revenue stream as its goal. Without an ethical framework around consent for the use of this data the potential for abuse is substantial
I don't like that you seem to be trying to drive a wedge between revenue streams and ethical goods. Measuring how much money societies spend on things is the best measure we have of how much societies value those things.
Companies (and people, including employees and customers of companies) do all sorts of horrible, unethical things. But profit (surplus) is a good thing overall, as is symmetric information and competition.
I don't like that you seem to be trying to drive a wedge between revenue streams and ethical goods. Measuring how much money societies spend on things is the best measure we have of how much societies value those things.
Companies (and people, including employees and customers of companies) do all sorts of horrible, unethical things. But profit (surplus) is a good thing overall, as is symmetric information and competition.