The Ovarian Lottery

Ovarian lottery is a thought experiment created by Warren Buffet influenced by a book called "A theory of justice". The idea behind the experiment is that a truly just society can only be created if everyone agrees to it before knowing where they'll land in the society.

Experiment

Imagine that a genie appears 24 hours before you were born. The genie lets you determine the economic and social system of the world. There is a catch though, as you do not have any control over where you would be born. If you play the lottery, you can be...

• Born in India, Afghanistan, Somalia, UK, the USA or somewhere else.
• Born male, female or others.
• White, black, brown or any other ethnicity.
• Tall, short, average or a dwarf
• Intelligent, Average, or retarded
• Born to rich, poor or middle-class parents
• Aborted or die during the birth
• In school or forced to work in a cobalt mine for the corporations
• Etc.

Questions

• What sort of economic and social systems would you create?
• Would you even take the lottery?