ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWould you rather have hundreds of millions of dollars and be acutely aware of all the bad things going on, or a meager yet sustainable life and completely ignorant of everything.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareWould you rather have hundreds of millions of dollars and be acutely aware of all the bad things going on, or a meager yet sustainable life and completely ignorant of everything.ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Only catch, you can’t use your wealth to fix th system, donate it or give it away. It’d only be for yourself.
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoYes but which is worth more. The money and knowledge, or ignorance and happiness?
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoThere is no true “ignorant but happy” in this scenario because your life is still affected by society and the world even if you aren’t aware of it directly.
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI can go buy myself plenty of happiness and it’s not like being ignorant automatically means you’re gonna be happy Being ignorant won’t protect you from the world knocking on your door and tossing you in a van for deportation or worse I’ll take the money every time
Yes but which is worth more. The money and knowledge, or ignorance and happiness?
There is no true “ignorant but happy” in this scenario because your life is still affected by society and the world even if you aren’t aware of it directly.
I can go buy myself plenty of happiness and it’s not like being ignorant automatically means you’re gonna be happy
Being ignorant won’t protect you from the world knocking on your door and tossing you in a van for deportation or worse
I’ll take the money every time