Which life would you rather live?
Option A: Live the life of a child for your whole life. You get to live in a nostalgic year where you live your perfect childhood, at the end of the year your memory as well as everybody else’s memory is reset to believe it’s the start of the year again. Society will never progress or change and you’ll be stuck reliving the same year and making new childhood memories for the rest of your life. You will live a normal lifespan, though you will always be a child and not be able to keep track of your real age as you will always believe it’s the same year. Everybody except for you and your friends will be non-sentient life disguised as believable human beings.
Option B: In the far future you’re the last human and you’ve been put in a space pod and permanently attached to a virtual reality system that feels exactly like real life. The space pod will keep you healthy and alive until you die of natural causes. You are aware you’re in a virtual reality. Within this virtual reality you will be able to create anything you can imagine except sentient life, all virtual beings you create will very obviously be non-sentient. You may create your own landscapes, toys, video games, movies, whatever you want, but sentient life or life that feels sentient is off limits. All virtual beings you create will act like a video game NPC and will barely be able to hold a proper conversation.
Option C: In a peaceful post-apocalyptic world you’re free to wander the remains of human cities and interact with the many other survivors. This world is very peaceful and easy to live in despite being post-apocalyptic meaning all you’ll need is food and water to survive which isn’t too hard to acquire and other survivors may even get food and water for you. You will have choices in what you’d like to do with your life and where you’d like to take it. You were born after the apocalypse so you do not long for the life you had before because this is the only life you’ve ever known, you will appreciate what you have rather than grieve for what you don’t have.
Option D: You live a harsh life in a fantasy medieval world with magic and monsters. You will go through many hardships and painful times however your life will be incredibly interesting as if it were some sort of tv show or book. You will accomplish many great things in your lifetime and will feel a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment in your life, and the hard times will only make the good times feel even better.
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Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.