This Is The Essential Problem That Democracy Faces

Now that information is pure gold as a commodity that nobody wants to share properly; even as that information is essential to our health, wellbeing, and any notion of a survivable society, let alone a survivable species.

Even worse, information now can be weaponized as it has never been weaponized before (even though propaganda has been with the human race, in one form or another, for almost as long as there has been cave paintings, symbols, icons, and language).

Just another reason why we must start over.

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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

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Without any public scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on data about things like race, marital status, how much TV you watch, whether you pay your bills on time or even buy plus-size clothing.