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by nullorempty 32 days ago
It could lead to amazing advances in the distant future but in the near future it just means finding unwilling donors fast! Our society once again is not mature for such technology
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mikeodds 32 days ago
your class C adolescent has been identified as being an eligible kidney donor for a Class B worker, congratulations! please book into your nearest hospital within 2 days
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Muromec 32 days ago
At the end of the day what will win is not the society that will supress such technologies harder but one that is able to walk this fine line with benefiting from it without day descending into this
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ralfd 32 days ago
This dystopian thought is wrong learning from dystopian fiction.

I know it felt clever writing it, surely many found it clever cynicism, but in no way does it reflect real life kidney donations.

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mikeodds 32 days ago
to call this outcome unrealistic, now or in the future seems incorrect as there is already a thriving pay for kidney trade.

https://www.dw.com/en/inside-a-global-organ-trafficking-netw...

it’s fair to say there would be great advances from such a programme, I’m personally in favour of medical surveillance generally for this reason but you have to be realistic about outcomes

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