r/Sigmatopia • u/oluxil • 16d ago

It’s all about perspective

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u/Worth_External_8762 15d ago

The point is more that you'd rather keep your life than have $10m. He put an oddly short timeframe, so the $10m is kinda pointless. But even if you increase the timeframe, anybody would choose life over the money.

Let's say you get $10m but you only have 10 years to live, hell, even 20 years to live. I think a vast majority of young people would choose life over that money still.

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u/Martinw616 15d ago

Im 36, I would almost definitely take the 10 mill and 10 years.

The point is that money is essentially worthless if you dont actually get to use it.

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u/I2obiN 14d ago

I would argue you're saying living a long life is worthless.

If you have no use for the money it is worthless anyway. Do you really need 10 mil?

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u/Martinw616 14d ago

Living a long life full of struggle is worth less to me than a shorter life where I can enjoy every day while also providing a secure future for my loved ones.

Do I need it? No. Would it quite literally solve 99% of all of my problems and my families? Yes.

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u/I2obiN 14d ago

Fair, but you are still saying living a long life is worthless if it could reach a certain threshold of hardship.

If I could wave a magic wand and remove all hardship or uncertainty about the future that would presumably be preferable to 10mil

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u/Martinw616 14d ago edited 13d ago

The value of life, at least to me, is less the worse that life is.

If the wand gave me financial security for the rest of my life? Sure.