>To some critics, there’s something distinctly neocolonialist and off-putting about the spectacle of well-off do-gooders in the U.S. choosing which brown people

>To some critics, there’s something distinctly neocolonialist and off-putting about the spectacle of well-off do-gooders in the U.S. choosing which brown people live and die in the developing world based on who has a cuter picture on Watsi. Given that they're having trouble keeping up with donor demand, that hardly seems like a problem, at least for now. And just as the pictures and stories are a clever hack to get people to donate and allow them to feel more meaning from their donations, I'm sure that more hacks can be invented to get more money to the less cute patients if that becomes a problem in the future.