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It's easy to imagine someone being forced to sell a kidney because they're down on their luck. Doesn't seem ideal.

darawk 7y ago
Ok. So a person is forced to sell a kidney because they're down on their luck. That person then becomes less down on their luck because they have received money for their kidney. Where do the problems start?
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  What sort of money are we assuming these individuals will get? In your plan is this $100? $1,000? $10,000? With the ratio of the desperate to people who require kidneys, suddenly organs become a buyers market.
  - darawk 7y ago
    Ok, again. Let's play this all the way through. Let's say they get $1. If I choose to sell you my kidney for $1, because i'm desperate and I think that that $1 is worth more to me than my kidney, where do the problems start?
    - antisthenes 7y ago
      On the off chance you're not trolling (assume best intent and all that). The answer is trivial: The problems start because 99% people aren't educated on the true value of their kidney. They are not in an adequate position to judge the value of an essential organ and the ramifications for missing it for the rest of their life. Because they are not doctors and not experts. It's immoral, because in this exchange exists information asymmetry, where the kidney seller is not informed enough.
      - darawk 7y ago
        > The problems start because 99% people aren't educated on the true value of their kidney. And which problems are those? There are no significant issues that arise from having one fewer kidney. > They are not in an adequate position to judge the value of an essential organ and the ramifications for missing it for the rest of their life. Because they are not doctors and not experts. Sure, but that problem exists in tons of market interactions that we solve in various ways. Information disclosure and education, certification programs, etc..This is a very, very easy solve.

Ok. So a person is forced to sell a kidney because they're down on their luck. That person then becomes less down on their luck because they have received money for their kidney. Where do the problems start?

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
What sort of money are we assuming these individuals will get? In your plan is this $100? $1,000? $10,000? With the ratio of the desperate to people who require kidneys, suddenly organs become a buyers market.
- darawk 7y ago
  Ok, again. Let's play this all the way through. Let's say they get $1. If I choose to sell you my kidney for $1, because i'm desperate and I think that that $1 is worth more to me than my kidney, where do the problems start?
  - antisthenes 7y ago
    On the off chance you're not trolling (assume best intent and all that). The answer is trivial: The problems start because 99% people aren't educated on the true value of their kidney. They are not in an adequate position to judge the value of an essential organ and the ramifications for missing it for the rest of their life. Because they are not doctors and not experts. It's immoral, because in this exchange exists information asymmetry, where the kidney seller is not informed enough.
    - darawk 7y ago
      > The problems start because 99% people aren't educated on the true value of their kidney. And which problems are those? There are no significant issues that arise from having one fewer kidney. > They are not in an adequate position to judge the value of an essential organ and the ramifications for missing it for the rest of their life. Because they are not doctors and not experts. Sure, but that problem exists in tons of market interactions that we solve in various ways. Information disclosure and education, certification programs, etc..This is a very, very easy solve.