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Steve Jobs Urges Californians to Become Organ Donors
- philwelch 17y agoThey say Steve Jobs believes in karma, and there's been some questions about how fair it was for him to get on another state's organ waiting list and possibly jump the queue or whatnot. It's good that he's doing something to help everyone else who needs an organ transplant.
- hkuo 17y agoI'm deeply saddend that he will be leaving Apple in the near future, according to rumors, but if it's to pursue greater causes such as this, then I'm excited to see what he'll do next.
- necrecious 17y agoThe simplest way to get more organ donors is to make the system opt out instead of opt in. People use the default choice most of the time since they believe it is default for a reason and don't think about it.
- hkuo 17y agoI saw this subject mentioned in Dan Ariely's Ted Talks. Here's his specific blog post about the subject. It would clearly work. http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=235 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=235
- yaks_hairbrush 17y agoIf someone wants my organs, they can pay for them (that is, pay my kids assuming I'm dead). Why does everyone involved in the organ donation make money (surgeon taking out organ, surgeon transplanting organ, etc.) except the supplier of the raw materials (donor)?
- maxharris 17y agoTo really get rid of the shortage of organs, allow people to freely buy and sell them. Murder (and other initiations of force) is both immoral and illegal, so there's no conflict there - you need your organs to live, so these laws (and many others) already criminalize the theft of organs. There's no valid reason that you or your estate shouldn't be allowed freely sell things you don't need anymore, including your liver.