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1. Tim said on May 20th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

   I see a Fred Wilson puppet coming……..

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2. meanguy said on May 20th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

   Have him send over his travel and criminal history while he’s at it. Especially the stuff from Thailand. That way not only do we learn that he has herpes, but we can blog our theories on how and where he caught it.

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3. Joshua Rosenstock said on May 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

   Fred Wilson - another hypocrite that preaches disclosure and transparency only when it is convenient for him.

   There are reams of case law and legislation that specifically forbid insurers from making personal medical information of its customers public. People should not be discriminated against because of uncontrollable health conditions and pre-exisitng conditions. Yet, Mr. Wilson, a bleeding heart liberal who spends his life fighting against discrimination, apparently believes it is appropriate and acceptable in this case.

   In the age of the PATRIOT Act, the last thing the public needs is an increased invasion of privacy and I know that Fred is very conveniently opposed to the expanded power of government contained by that Republican sponsored bill, but since Fred believes so strongly in the dream of universal health insurance, he is willing to waive those same privacy rights and expects us to do so as well in the name of giving away even more of our paycheck to the federal government.

   If he feels so guilty about being rich, let him donate his money to a private charity instead of forcing us to do the same via legislation. There are many good reasons why health information should remain private. Discrimination and invasions of privacy are only two of them.

   So, let’s sum up Fred’s positions:

   1.) discrimination - bad except when insurers and potential employers do it on the basis of health;
   2.) invasions of privacy - bad except when it involves personal medical information.

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4. Tom said on May 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

   So let me see if I’ve got this straight…the guy who was born with a Silver Spoon in his mouth and used the leg up to become a VC with millions of dollars has no concept of the real world?

   Well I don’t know about you but I for one am shocked. SHOCKED!

   But seriously, I don’t fault Fred Wilson for his good fortune in life. I’m happy for him. He seems like a nice enough guy. But if you’ve always had all the money you could need for things like emergencies and you’ve always been able to hire a high priced lawyer to straighten out your problems you have no concept of how the real world works. Which is exactly why you wouldn’t see a problem with throwing your Medical Records out there for all to see.

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5. Anonymous said on May 20th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

   There was this gentleman in the 1930’s who had polio (tv and print were not widely available so most didn’t know this about him), had congestive heart failure and hypertension and died during his “CEO” job at age 63. Who would want to hire this guy?! Oh, it was FDR and he was arguably one of our best presidents and accomplished quite a bit.

   As a health professional I would strongly recommend against this kind of policy considering the hysteria the public assigns certain conditions. People can be fully functional and extremely productive with many conditions that we hold taboo’s against (ex HIV).

   In addition, diagnoses can be wrong or what is believed about them change as science makes advances and we understand them better.

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6. Tim said on May 20th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

   Looks like the FBI can stop keeping files on millions of Americans.. They can lay off some staff, save some money, and just send Google a National Security Letter or subpoena anytime they want to know about one of us in the most minute detail.. Google has everything on us now.

   It’s kind of a scary thing that we’re all voluntarily letting one company compile more information on each of us than our own mother even knows about us..

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7. Jennifer Bishop said on May 21st, 2008 at 12:07 am

   Two memorable quotes that had me cracking up..

   “It’d be very cool to have all your diseases up on the web, so, no matter where you are, you can get to all of your diseases….”

   “Would *you* give your information to Google? Of *course* you would! We’re *all* giving our information to Google. “

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8. Tree Shapiro said on May 21st, 2008 at 10:44 am

   Or your school records or your domain names. Bad move, Jericho.

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9. Adam Gershenbaum said on May 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 am

   Kara Swisher was right. Google will become Skynet from Terminator. There is no need for Google health really. Hospitals are already testing microchip implants that can download your medical history via bluetooth. GF is in school for nursing she has seen it in action in a few hospitals.

   http://www.thestar.com/living/Health/article/246045

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10. Clintus said on June 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    Did you shoot this with your built in mic on your mac?

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11. Loren Feldman said on June 3rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    clintus - yes

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12. TomsTechBlog.com said on June 1st, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    Class Wars In The New Age…

    I hate people who cite economic class as the reason for everything in society. I really do. But there are cases where its appropriate. This quote from Fred Wilson, where he addresses his vision of Social Networking, is one example…

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