Nathalie Heidema, Chapter 5, Question #2

The issues raised in this chapter affect my life a lot. We all lack information is some way. I don't know if the cashier in Target has some criminal background, a fact that isn't important for me at all (except if he would commit a terrorist attack or something else severe). But I also don't know if my doctor is really prescribing me what is necessary or he does it merely because of the profit (or he doesn't prescribe me what I need in order to get money from the insurance company). In this case the issue of information affects me directly. However, what I'm not concerned about and what doesnt affect me directly is someone's genetic predisposition to develop Alzheimer's (outside of the people that I know of course), something that is essential for an insurance company though. 

The issue will affect me in the future. The chapter talked about discrimination on workplace, something that I could be dealing with in the next ten years. Wheelan explained it on an example of a man and woman applying for the same position, both being very good candidates. The firm chose the man because he is more likely to make the firm more money. Firm therefore rationally decided that women tend to go on a maternity leave, costing firm more money (to find a replacement, training) and with the risk that the woman will not return afterwards. I am a woman and I do not want to be judged according to my sex, but economics is not always fair. And what Wheelan suggests: we need to judge the book by its cover because that's the only thing we get to see.