[ExI] 1950 census, was: RE: tennis

[Mike Dougherty]

On Tue, May 17, 2022, 4:57 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Ethical dilemma bigtime: do I tell my cousin the circumstances of her
> birth and that she was stolen?
>
>  Answer: no.  I might do that to my brother as a joke, but I would not do
> that to an innocent person.  I don’t know what psychological impact that
> would have.  So… I didn’t.
>
> Mike, what would you do in that situation please?
>
I wouldn't do anything
And I would feel confident that choice is correct (for me)

The only usefulness I see in sharing that information would be around donor
matching close family members... but even that usefulness is waning as
medical technology improves.

As far as stolen may be a concern it has little bearing on that person's
life today.  Until they give you some indication that question needs an
answer, you should not allow the answer to beg the question.

>
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