Box followup (aka I'd like to follow up on that box, giggity)
Quote from Onion AV Club:
The Box: home version. Take ten dollars and put it into an envelope addressed to Oxfam. Then go to a movie theater and debate whether to use the ten dollars for a movie or to keep someone from dying.
Yeah, it's not the same: we assume the dying person in The Box is murdered, not someone dying of starvation or from dysentery. And we assume you're entitled to your own money but not the million dollars. But it's close enough, right?
Class project: put 10% of your pre-tax income to work saving people's lives. (If this amount is $0, you're excused and may read quietly in the library during second period.) Figure out if this is good enough.
Enjoy!
The Box: home version. Take ten dollars and put it into an envelope addressed to Oxfam. Then go to a movie theater and debate whether to use the ten dollars for a movie or to keep someone from dying.
Yeah, it's not the same: we assume the dying person in The Box is murdered, not someone dying of starvation or from dysentery. And we assume you're entitled to your own money but not the million dollars. But it's close enough, right?
Class project: put 10% of your pre-tax income to work saving people's lives. (If this amount is $0, you're excused and may read quietly in the library during second period.) Figure out if this is good enough.
Enjoy!