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They don't need my full medical history for that. Just a highlights or "in case of emergency" summary.

Humans dealt with these issues just fine before records were centralized. And still do e.g. when I travel to another jurisdiction. Being an engaged and proactive actor in my recordkeeping actually improves my posture.

I deal with the same issues when it comes to estate planning (e.g. what happens if I become unable to make decisions for myself). There are tactics and contingencies available (like trusted individuals, powers of attorney, etc) and I don't need my full financial background to be openly available to thousands of participants in the system to accommodate. Society and the concept of trust did not evolve over millions of years to end up becoming nothing more than an individual and a computer somewhere in the cloud.



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