Hate to be that guy, but I’d love a TLDR at the top as a way of gauging the substance of the post before committing X minutes to learning more. No biggie though, you do you.
I’ve really liked the EA Forum summary bot, and it’d be cool if that could be used here (or just be a standard thing for any post beyond a certain length)
Kidneys are important, and having fewer of them leads to a severe downgrade in markers associated with health and quality of life. Donating a kidney results in an over 1300% increase in the risk of kidney disease. A risk-averse interpretation of the data puts the increase in year-to-year mortality after donation upwards of 240%.
While through a certain lens, you can claim kidney donation is not that big a deal, this perception stems mainly from comparing a (very healthy) donor population with your average American or European (prediabetic, overweight, almost never exercises, and classifies fruits as cake decoration as opposed to stand-alone food).
Furthermore, when research evidence is mixed due to the difficulty of the studied area, lack of data, and complete lack of open data, we should fall back to our theories about human physiology, as well as common sense, both of which paint a very bleak picture.
You should not donate a kidney if you aren’t prepared to live the rest of your life with significantly decreased cognitive and physical capacity.
Well, it’s only the summary of a single section—the post is essentially an introduction to the chapters and then this summary so I think it does a good enough job for 2+ paragraph readers.
Hate to be that guy, but I’d love a TLDR at the top as a way of gauging the substance of the post before committing X minutes to learning more. No biggie though, you do you.
I’ve really liked the EA Forum summary bot, and it’d be cool if that could be used here (or just be a standard thing for any post beyond a certain length)
Summary
Kidneys are important, and having fewer of them leads to a severe downgrade in markers associated with health and quality of life. Donating a kidney results in an over 1300% increase in the risk of kidney disease. A risk-averse interpretation of the data puts the increase in year-to-year mortality after donation upwards of 240%.
While through a certain lens, you can claim kidney donation is not that big a deal, this perception stems mainly from comparing a (very healthy) donor population with your average American or European (prediabetic, overweight, almost never exercises, and classifies fruits as cake decoration as opposed to stand-alone food).
Furthermore, when research evidence is mixed due to the difficulty of the studied area, lack of data, and complete lack of open data, we should fall back to our theories about human physiology, as well as common sense, both of which paint a very bleak picture.
You should not donate a kidney if you aren’t prepared to live the rest of your life with significantly decreased cognitive and physical capacity.
This is probably the most important bit.
Thanks! Might be good to also edit your post to put this summary at the top so that readers immediately see it.
Well, it’s only the summary of a single section—the post is essentially an introduction to the chapters and then this summary so I think it does a good enough job for 2+ paragraph readers.