Signing up to be an organ donor should be at least as easy as downloading a song to your phone.
— Richard Thaler

When the time comes, I’ll be making available to the wider public—​that’s you—​right here, some of my work, for free. By way of E-books and PDFs. But now is not yet that time.

Are you an organ donor yet?

I agree with Mr. Thaler—​the one of the quote above—​but he doesn’t go far enough for my liking. I don’t know how people look at themselves in the mirror, knowing that the moment they die, their organs are going to be wasted, rotting in the ground or incinerated, instead of saving lives.

Isn’t choosing not to extend another person’s life the same as shortening it, and isn’t that murder?

Being a donor should be the default. Not being a donor should require effort.
If I was king[1], everybody would be a donor. Not being a donor would require a permit[2], one that takes effort to get. But alas, I’m a mere cog in the machine, squeaking away in my little corner.

1. I mean the tyrannical kind, absolute ruler, no questions asked.
2. I (see footnote 1) would probably have a blanket denial order in place for all donor-opt-out permit applications, whatever the grounds.