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Yurie
12019 Posts
On July 27 2019 03:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Is there any reasonable argument to not register as an organ donor? Havn't heard one but my mother didn't sign up for research when she entered the register. Her argument was that she didn't really want to be used as a med school autopsy training case. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11739 Posts
On July 27 2019 03:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Is there any reasonable argument to not register as an organ donor? There are a lot of reasonable arguments against it, probably not a lot of rational ones, though. If your religion states that you must not do it. If you personally are worried about what happens to your body after your death. If you are worried about your family and friends being more sad if the corpse in your grave being incomplete. (If you are paranoid and think that if you register as a donor people will kill you for your organs.) There are a bunch of personal reason for people to be against it, and in my opinion, there is not really a lot wrong with this. I do have major problems with the people who don't care, or would actually be in favor of being an organ donor but who are too lazy to ever bother to do it. I think everyone should at least think about it, and figure out for themselves whether they are fine with it or not. Don't be lazy, because currently if you don't answer, you answer "no". | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45258 Posts
 I agree with you, Simberto, in that everyone should think about it and figure out whether anything other than laziness would or should prevent them from becoming an organ donor. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22083 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23621 Posts
I don't have any objections to my organs being harvested after my death (and I guess I could get past the thought of racist medical students defiling my corpse), I just don't want for even a moment the passing considerations of someone else using my organs until I'm dead (or I inexplicably get pregnant ala Junior). | ||
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xM(Z
Romania5298 Posts
On July 27 2019 03:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: overpopulationIs there any reasonable argument to not register as an organ donor? | ||
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
On July 27 2019 16:49 xM(Z wrote: overpopulation Saving people from premature deaths does not lead to overpopulation. In fact, the opposite is true: saving people (especially kids) from premature deaths is a measure against overpopulation. This video explains it well: | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23621 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On August 12 2019 07:20 GreenHorizons wrote: How much money would someone have to give you for you to shift your worldview/goal from making more money to rationing the money you have doing what you wish with your time? I would take my expected lifetime earning potential, accounting for the risk, then decide how much I value my life working versus doing what I want, I value it at around 50-60%. If this number is above a basic standard of living, then I'd be good with it. I think I'd need 4-5 million to quit working for the rest of my life. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22083 Posts
On August 12 2019 07:20 GreenHorizons wrote: Enough to live whatever I consider a reasonable lifestyle for the rest of my average life expectancy.How much money would someone have to give you for you to shift your worldview/goal from making more money to rationing the money you have doing what you wish with your time? | ||
Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
I think the problem with that question, unless this was the secret purpose of the question, is that to most people "making more money" means putting in hours of work 5/7 or more days of their life. Once you have enough money where your daily expenses for the reasonable future are covered, the money you have left over earning interest requires 0 effort, 0 hours of work. To begin earning money in this situation, beyond just a high-interest account, you do not have to "shift your worldview" in the slightest. Check on your low-risk investments and meet with someone from your bank every so often and all of a sudden you're having your cake and eating it too. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
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Yurie
12019 Posts
On August 12 2019 13:01 Zambrah wrote: I’d do it for whatever nets me like 50 to 70,000 a year in interest, live off that for a bit, then get a job, and donate most of the sum to a charity or something once I’ve gotten more or less settled. You wouldn't consider moving to a cheaper place to live? 50k USD a year is a lot of money in other places. If I could keep my current cheap living cost I would be fine on ~1k a month (after taxes). It would be enough to take trips, keep up my hobbies and so on. This would of course increase with inflation but 50k a year sounds like way more than I would need to quit working for life. | ||
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
On August 12 2019 13:01 Zambrah wrote: I’d do it for whatever nets me like 50 to 70,000 a year in interest, live off that for a bit, then get a job, and donate most of the sum to a charity or something once I’ve gotten more or less settled. Between 1 and 2 million in an index fund will net you around that on average for the resit of your life (presumably). | ||
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Archeon
3262 Posts
On August 12 2019 14:43 Yurie wrote: You wouldn't consider moving to a cheaper place to live? 50k USD a year is a lot of money in other places. If I could keep my current cheap living cost I would be fine on ~1k a month (after taxes). It would be enough to take trips, keep up my hobbies and so on. This would of course increase with inflation but 50k a year sounds like way more than I would need to quit working for life. Worth considering that you're spending a significant part of your life not on work anymore, so you'd spend more on hobbies on average. Also possibly family if that's in the cards for you, which would mean a multitude of 1k living cost in most western countries. I think 1k is barely realistic where I live and definitely not enough for more than one flight a year. If you live/move to a second/third world country that'd change significantly though. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
On August 12 2019 14:43 Yurie wrote: You wouldn't consider moving to a cheaper place to live? 50k USD a year is a lot of money in other places. If I could keep my current cheap living cost I would be fine on ~1k a month (after taxes). It would be enough to take trips, keep up my hobbies and so on. This would of course increase with inflation but 50k a year sounds like way more than I would need to quit working for life. I’m using 50k as my bar since it was roughly what I was making and living off of while living in Virginia, which is definitely more expensive than like... Missouri, but at the same time, I was scraping by off roughly 50K after all the car payments, utilities, rent, property taxes, food, gas, etc. If I lived in like, China, I could get away with less, though I’d still rather have the 50k in China so I can get an appropriately spacious apartment in a city with English speaking accommodations, I live in Shanghai atm, and my apartment that I pay the rmb equivalent of about 600usd for is pretty small, my kitchen is like 3x3, and I don’t have a full sized fridge, lol. | ||
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Yurie
12019 Posts
On August 12 2019 21:07 Zambrah wrote: I’m using 50k as my bar since it was roughly what I was making and living off of while living in Virginia, which is definitely more expensive than like... Missouri, but at the same time, I was scraping by off roughly 50K after all the car payments, utilities, rent, property taxes, food, gas, etc. If I lived in like, China, I could get away with less, though I’d still rather have the 50k in China so I can get an appropriately spacious apartment in a city with English speaking accommodations, I live in Shanghai atm, and my apartment that I pay the rmb equivalent of about 600usd for is pretty small, my kitchen is like 3x3, and I don’t have a full sized fridge, lol. I live frugal and the only cost that would change is food that would likely drop 100 USD a month. Rent is surprisingly low for Sweden at around 400 USD (old apartment not renovated in a while). Then food another 200 since I would cook at home more than I do working. Utilities another 100. Total cost for reoccurring costs is thus around 700. Add in clothes, games etc and I probably go to 800 a month. The last 200 for whatever other stuff I want to do. Would be enough to fly out for a weekend every second month if that is what I wanted to do. Though I honestly dislike travelling so doubt I would do that. No need for a car, monthly commute card or other things when not working. If a car was added in 1k USD isn't enough here for me. | ||
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