In ten years, an unspecified but very bad event will happen to you. Would you prefer to be told when and what, or would you rather live in ignorance?
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Once I know it’s coming, I want to know what is coming. But I’d rather not know that it’s coming in the first place.
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I value knowledge, and hate surprises, but chose ignorance. I thought about it first, but still can't articulate why I chose it.
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ignorance, assuming i can't mitigate the event, because that would make it a not-very-bad event
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Nothing I can do to avoid it or ameliorate the consequences, I assume? It happens how it happens with identical consequences regardless?
In that case I'm indifferent to the choice
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know, so I can unwittingly contribute to it's realization by trying to avoid it
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Since just knowing something bad will happen will cause the same level of anxiety, I prefer to know so I can prep for the aftermath.
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I’d like to see this done with an age component. The older I get, the less I want to know. I feel this is common.
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I mean if you know when and what you could possibly plan for it depending on what it was. A job loss for example.
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I'm 61. You just told me that I will def make 71...that's all I need to know.