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by euvin 668 days ago
That does sound like an interesting idea. Upon further thought, I think that it would heavily depend on implementation.

In a bad case, I envision a ton of companies or institutions employing very strict & narrow situations to the point where they only accept a very homogenized personality. It could end up creating a stiff or worse culture than if they had naturally accumulated a diverse population, if that makes sense. Discrimination already exists, but would be made a lot easier, automated, and commonplace.

In a good case, extremely antisocial behavior (situations that are "softballs" or "hard to screw up for reasonable people") could be easily caught at scale and addressed an early age. Plus the cases you've listed, eliminating the need for special attention and mentorship from the limited people we meet irl.

I'm sure there are other horrible or amazing cases I'm missing.

So as all tools are, it would depend. Whether this will actually benefit more than harm will depend on the society you place it in, and I'm not sure I have that much faith in the corporate world.