@@ -36,8 +36,46 @@ use the software, isn't that consent? No, it's not.
because I disagree with a number of it's conclusions and assertions. I still
applaud the attempt.
In something that I'm sure isn't a shock to those I expect to read this. I'm
gonna use an example from healthcare again. For any significant procedure,
there's someone who's been assigned to collect a signature on the paper that
will make the hospital's lawyers happy. But the patient signing their agreement
on the "terms of service" for the treatment, isn't where consent ends. Consent
is more than just tick this checkbox and then tap submit. Healthcare has
learned, many times through mistakes; about what consent really means to the
humans they treat[^humans]. It's easy to put any one into a situation where
they'll "agree" to something. Only to then feel taken advantage of, or abused.
Abused by people who day job is literally to save their life, and help them
heal. One of the most common reasons cited is;
[^humans]: We're talking about medicine here because they better at
understanding what they do to humans. Their interactions with humans aren't
abstracted away by vscode.
> I didn't understand what was going on.
That's it, no one talked to them, no one told them what to expect, patents under
a significant amount of stress, who ostensibly trusted the people taking care of
them. Would feel victimized simple because they know what was going on. The end
result from some treatment with the primary goal of improving their health left
feeling abused. This isn't the experience of patents when someone is
consistently talking to them, explaining them what's gonna happen next.
Reminding them during difficult procedures that they can ask to take a break if
they need it. Those patients leave from the exact same exchange feeling cared
about, and taken care of. Simply telling someone what to expect before it
happens, and importantly giving them the option to opt out. It might be shocking
to your average software engineer how far treating users with just a little bit
respect will go.
Serendipitously I happen to come across this photo when doing something
completely unrelated to writing this.
[Photo of Microsoft getting consent]
This is consent right? Permission freely given?
The last medical procedure I participated in was one of my own. It was an MRI
with contrast of my shoulder.
> Q: Can I go back to the original mobile app layout?