for instance, if I know I'm dying in 30 minutes I don't particularly care about the state of my mind or bank account. Assuming the state of my mind was sufficient, sex would stand well above the other two.
And, what is it I'm really choosing here. Choose two and that's all you get forever? Choose two to consume at the same time (they all do see to be a bit complementary rather than substitutes). So I do find sex quite enjoyable if I am mentally there so sanity (at lease some forms) and sex seem like a really good combination. Sanity and money, but no sex, doesn't seem so great.
But in the end, I'm more of a if the world presents constraints and I'm not particularly in agreement with those constraints I'll likely look for solutions to that problem.
But Fisher, what prompted to query? Just starting a more sane discussion topic or something else?
It's a side effect of aging, and my educational background. (philosophy major)
And yes, you only get to choose two, which is what makes the argument compelling.
Like others, I put sex on top. So now I'm wondering what should come second. So far, sanity is winning out over money, but sometimes I wonder if sanity is over rated.
Okay, perhaps its the state of my sanity but I always hate, and generally rebel against, such constraints. But it's your game so I should not be too impolite about it.
Which perhaps gets to a proper response to your last observation. Sanity would suggest I play by the rules so I suppose that adds another vote against it (and they do say things like Dementia, which seems like it would qualify as closely connected with sanity, are one's second childhood). Plus, money was one of the three critically needed items from Warren Zevon's old song.
But at the risk of being called a silly relativist I have to stay with my "answer" is a set of answers each dependent on the assumed external conditions prevalent at the time of choice. So I suppose at this point in my life I would go for the money and sex, with the small caveat that excluding sanity and choosing money does mean the money stays around. (And hope that I don't take some bizarre form where I have some fear of money and sex!)
It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Krishnamurti . Looks like I’m already insane, so I might as well take all the money and sex. I can handle. . Besides, with enough money, I can buy enough power to fix all the things that make us insane. So truly, for y’all‘s own benefit, start handing the all that money and sex over and just let me do my crazy thang thang.🤪
...is one of my favorite viral tweets from the glory days of Twitter. Sanity be damned! As someone who's always owned my crazy, I'd definitely choose money and sex.
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