If you had to buy your existence, how much would it cost in monetary terms?

Question

Ie your body, organs and brain were all on hire purchase, what would be the monthly bill?

Answer 1

It's incredibly hard to put a price tag on something we all consider extremely valuable like our existence, basically, our life. As opposed to a kidney or a lung, our concept of existence is completely abstract. I mean, perhaps we can all imagine selling a kidney (organ trafficking and whatnot) but none of us can imagine anyone selling some human existence.

In any case, if I were to actually buy my existence I'd probably use every single bit of money I have. I obviously would rather live than have nice clothes, internet, and cable tv. Perhaps if we all were to pay for our lives, we would spend less time and money on pointless celebrity magazines, for example.

Somehow, I find it much easier to think of organ prices. I'd say $250 a month for small organs (Im thinking kidneys), $350 for a reproductive organ, and $500 for the really really important ones (brain, lungs, and heart). Im still not sure in what category I'd put in my liver, stomach, intestines, and pancreas...probably around the $400 range.

Answer 2

Subjectively, how much would I pay? Well, everything I could muster. It's hard for me to apply logic to this concept. Life is extremely rare, if you've ever read about the ratios involved in live births compared to fertilized eggs. We should be plenty thankful we've made it here!

It doesn't seem, however, that many people value their bodies the same. I spend a good deal of money on my body. I buy whole foods, as much organic as possible. I spend mostly on nutrient dense, efficient foods. I exercise and meditate, I invest a lot into my organs that way. So you could say I am on the high end. Other people think Cheetos and Coke is the way to go, they might spend a little more down the road, however, for a cardiac stent or diabetic test strips, dialysis, stuff like that, haha. So there we have it, some people like to pay upfront with better results -- and others will bash and pay later to sustain their trashed physique.

Life is valuble, but it takes a crisis for many to realize how precious their bodies are.

Answer 3

The old firm probably have the money to entice European stars to Scotland but what would it cost. I believe it would cost Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee Utd, Motherwell and others to step up the challenge and make our league competitive. We get slated from other countries for a non competitive league and they are slightly right but if 2 or 3 more clubs could come into the mix and increase their European standing, players like Ribery may come north. If we could persuade quality players north, then all of us would benefit because more kids then idolise them, thus start playing football again and everyone is a winner.

Answer 4

I would never sell my organs, I would donate them. What value would I have from the money without a brain, or a heart.
I would not be here to reap any pleasure from the money. I would be dead.

Answer 5

i think it depends. for example a person with the brain of mr bean will probably not fetch mor than a dollar or two. but a brain like quentin torontino will cost around 50 million dollars.

Answer 6

depends on how much money i had left after paying my internet bill so i can mess around on here but if giving a price i couldnt because you cant put a price on your existence not everything is about money. why would you want to put a price on your self are you thinking of renting yourself out

Answer 7

If I had to buy my existence, I could not afford it, and there is no way that I could even pay it off over time. Things that are priceless are often for that very reason, without price!

Answer 8

I would be in big trouble because all my credit cards are close to being maxed out. Maybe I can just rent my organs?? Pax - C

Answer 9

I think that if we had to buy our existence .. we'd all wind up broke. So thank God for giving us life & existence for free :)

Answer 10

$1000
or
$150 on ebay