Friday, February 20, 2009

Dilemma 2/20/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You lose your income.
2. You lose the ability to read.

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

Well that sucks.

I have no income myself so that's an easy one. Extending the definition to mean household income... if it meant new income could be attained, I would prevent #2. If it meant no more household income ever, it's a no-brainer to prevent #1. Lots of people get by w/o being able to read.

Theryn said...

I'd still have to prevent scenario #2. #1 would be temporarily bad, but presumably I could find a new source of income with my skills, one of which is the ability to read. In this case, if scenario 2 happened, scenario 1 would also happen, and presumably I would have a much more difficult time finding a new source of income w/o the ability to read.