Constantinople
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Okay. You're in a jail cell. You've just been convicted of murder. However, law enforcement has allowed you to choose your punishment. You are instructed to enter one of two rooms, Room A or Room B, and given descriptions of what will happen to you in each room.
In Room A, you will go to sleep that night and wake up and spend the rest of your life in a jail cell. You will be given a reasonable amount of food each day and unlimited clean water. You will have access to laundry and bathroom facilities. You will be given a shelf full of books and a television with three channels on it to keep you occupied. You will be healthy for the rest of your life.
The catch is that you can never leave, and you will never have conscious human contact again. Everything you need is in the room. You will be watched by a surveillance camera. If you are to have a medical examination or procedure, you will be required to self-administer anesthesia by a pill or injection before anyone enters to take you to the jail's medical center. The channels you receive on the television will not be stations that contain large amounts of current news.
You will also have no internet. You will not have a telephone. You cannot receive letters from loved ones. There are no windows. There is no way out for you. You can't pull the plug on your chosen lifestyle either. There will be no quick way for you to commit suicide, and if you are to attempt suicide slowly, you will not be permitted to do so. A completely concealed worker, saying nothing, will enter your room and bind your arms to your refrigerator so that all you will be able to do is eat. The same worker will come back 24 hours later to unbind you.
The positive side, though, is that you will live a comfortable life. You won't have to worry about money, relationships, etc. You will be able to relax. You'll be given plenty of paper and pencils to write down all of your thoughts. You'll always be lonely, but you'll be able to talk to yourself without fear of alienation.
Or you could enter Room B. In Room B, you would go to sleep that night. But you don't wake up the next day.
Which would you choose?
In Room A, you will go to sleep that night and wake up and spend the rest of your life in a jail cell. You will be given a reasonable amount of food each day and unlimited clean water. You will have access to laundry and bathroom facilities. You will be given a shelf full of books and a television with three channels on it to keep you occupied. You will be healthy for the rest of your life.
The catch is that you can never leave, and you will never have conscious human contact again. Everything you need is in the room. You will be watched by a surveillance camera. If you are to have a medical examination or procedure, you will be required to self-administer anesthesia by a pill or injection before anyone enters to take you to the jail's medical center. The channels you receive on the television will not be stations that contain large amounts of current news.
You will also have no internet. You will not have a telephone. You cannot receive letters from loved ones. There are no windows. There is no way out for you. You can't pull the plug on your chosen lifestyle either. There will be no quick way for you to commit suicide, and if you are to attempt suicide slowly, you will not be permitted to do so. A completely concealed worker, saying nothing, will enter your room and bind your arms to your refrigerator so that all you will be able to do is eat. The same worker will come back 24 hours later to unbind you.
The positive side, though, is that you will live a comfortable life. You won't have to worry about money, relationships, etc. You will be able to relax. You'll be given plenty of paper and pencils to write down all of your thoughts. You'll always be lonely, but you'll be able to talk to yourself without fear of alienation.
Or you could enter Room B. In Room B, you would go to sleep that night. But you don't wake up the next day.
Which would you choose?