[sadtoot]

not meaning to attack you on this point--it's your life and you can do what you want--but why would you only consider being a donor for your family? i'm guessing the reason might be 1) you have some condition and you're worried about your health (in which case you might not be an elligible donor anyway) or 2) you're worried about surgery complications or long-term health impacts. but the impacts to your health are usually much more minor than you expect!

here's an analogy i've used before: if you were walking by a burning building, and you heard a stranger inside saying "help! help!", would you run in and save them? i think a lot of people would say "yes" or at least consider it, despite running into a burning building being a lot riskier than organ donation IMO

[science4sail]

I think that one of Effective Altruism's axioms - that all lives are equally valuable - is not accepted by much of the population.

The number of people that would rush into a building to save a family member is likely far higher than the number of people that would rush into a building to save a stranger.