Good post, I like how you pinpoint information asymmetry as the critical core issue.
Scott Alexander would sacrifice information symmetry in order to maintain trust in the rule of medical confidentiality. You propose to sacrifice this trust in order to attain information symmetry. I think there is a way out of the dilemma by reframing the issue.
As I see it, openly discussing the act of informally violating a rule weakens it (regardless of whether it is actually violated). In contrast, discussing to (formally) change the rule itself does maintain trust in the rule. A public discussion on whether the law that prescribes medical confidentiality needs to be amended with an exception for e.g.... (read more)
Good post, I like how you pinpoint information asymmetry as the critical core issue.
Scott Alexander would sacrifice information symmetry in order to maintain trust in the rule of medical confidentiality. You propose to sacrifice this trust in order to attain information symmetry. I think there is a way out of the dilemma by reframing the issue.
As I see it, openly discussing the act of informally violating a rule weakens it (regardless of whether it is actually violated). In contrast, discussing to (formally) change the rule itself does maintain trust in the rule. A public discussion on whether the law that prescribes medical confidentiality needs to be amended with an exception for e.g.... (read more)