A documentary has been
made about your life.
All of your most
embarrassing moments
have been caught on film.
It’s up to you
to decide if the movie
ever gets released
Two people from the future come to talk to you. One represents a world where you kept the movie from being seen and the other represents a world where you released it and it was a major success.
In the world where the film was never seen you live a long happy life, but 53% of the population reports that they are unhappy with where they are and the state of the world.
In the world where the film was released, you never got over the shame of being exposed and spent the rest of your life feeling like a public joke, but 49% of the population describes themselves as unhappy.
Though they cannot explain it, the filmmakers from the future insist that your film is responsible for this 4% difference in the amount of unhappy, dissatisfied people.
What do you do?
I’d call the DA and report an attempted blackmail
I would totally release the film PROVIDED that the two men from the future would take me with them so I wouldn’t have to suffer the actual embarrassment. Is this possible? Is this an option?
Of course it isn’t!
GRRRRR. Okay, obviously, I’m not a monster and the Greater Good is my chief concern. So I would do it. With gritted teeth.
If it would truly help 280,000,000 have a happy life. (4% of current world population) You can go ahead and burn me on the cross of my public humiliation or just about any cross. Failing to do so would be such a deep private humiliation that I’d never be happy with myself ever again anyway