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by mquander 973 days ago
> So in total, a donation produces about 10-20 extra quality-adjusted life years.

How much would you say the donor benefits?

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It depends on the QoL improvement factor you assign to self-satisfaction I suppose? Just multiply that by the expected number of years left in their life.
Damn, moral self-righteousness must be better than fuckin' heroin, shocking more people aren't out here donating kidneys given that.
Yeah, I'd cap that factor at 1% (and it's probably less) which would mean you'd have to live 100+ years to get more out of it than the recipients.