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- Vintage Computer Ads. (Jun 28) ...
- Facebook Polls: Don’t Mention The Competition (Jun 2) Facebook Polls launched Friday night with a fair bit of fanfare. It’s a tool with a wealth of ...
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- CSS2.2 (May 6) The early pace of CSS development was pretty impressive. First proposed by Hakon Lie in Oct 1994, ...
- Avatar: the other you (May 29) New Scientist magazine's opinion section recently ran an article about a new book called Alter Ego: ...
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Where I'm going
- Green Towers for New York: Video Introduction (Jun 7) Neat video about green skyscrapers in NYC
- The Cube (1969) by Jim Henson - videosift richard schaal, experimental, psychology (Jun 1)
- New Scientist | Alter Ego (May 29) Photos of people beside their online avatars
- passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers (May 27) Passive Aggresive notes. You must read every one.
- The Mazda 3.141 (May 24) Why mathematicians shouldn't buy cars
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Jerry’s looking out for us
Monday, January 29, 2007
“Jerry Orbach gave his heart and soul to acting, and the gift of sight to two New Yorkers. Jerry Orbach was a gifted actor and his greatest role was that of an eye donor. Jerry decided to donate his eyes. When he passed away, he left behind the beautiful gift of sight. It only takes a minute to sign up to be an eye donor. Do it today.”
New York really cherishes its dead celebrities, especially Jerry Orbach. You would think he not only played a New York detective on TV, but also a mayor, firefighter, school teacher, and maybe even a patron saint.
So I guess it was no surprise when these posthumous ads came out reminding New Yorkers that, like you, Jerry Orbach had eyes, and unlike you, he’s put them to good use.
What’s disturbing about the barrage of ads isn’t Jerry’s accusatory smirk berating my egoism, or even the adjacent photo of him reminding me that his eyes did not go to the grave. It’s the fact that not one, but two New Yorkers now have the gift of sight. It isn’t necessarily the case, but what this suggests to me is that the The Eye Bank of New York chooses to dole out eyes based on greatest utility—why give one person binocular vision when you can give two people monocular vision.
I wonder if I can choose what system of ethics I donate my eyes under. Can I chose to donate them to the Philosopher Kings?
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