Time vs Money

I responded to a Facebook post today with this picture. My response is the body of this post.

I think the choice one makes for this hypothetical depends upon where you are in life now, and whether or not you value time over money.

If what you want right now is more important than what you want down the line, then the blue pill is a likely choice.

I am over 50, so I’m closer to the end than I am to the beginning. That said, I don’t want to go back nearly 50 years in age to be a minor again who has no legal rights as an adult, even if I retained the knowledge and experience I have now. Things could change drastically over the next 50 years in unpredictable ways.

Sure, having more time in life is certainly valuable, but tomorrow is promised to no one. There is no guarantee that I’d live from 6 years old to my current age (at the least) again if I started over at age 6.

Who is going to be my guardian? This thought exercise fails to define if I would literally go back in time where I’d be back in the 1970s when I was 6 years old and still with my parents at their ages at that time. My parents are both gone. This would be a more useful thought exercise if the red pill took me back to my 20s or 30s from a physical and health standpoint.

I’d rather have the $10 million now than to go back to being a chronological child again. Life is full of both joy and pain. I don’t need a do-over.

Tell me what you think in the comments.

-The Rational Ram