I wish someone would offer me these options...

[pepper]

If you had to choose between --

a) a life on a spaceship (with artificial gravity and all that scifi jazz - think of, say, a Goa'uld mothership) and the freedom to go anywhere in the universe, but you were an exile from Earth - people back on Earth could contact you, but only rarely, and they might get in trouble for it. They can leave and visit you, but they might be arrested when they came back. There's a whole universe of planets out there, but they're not all nice. And you have a crew.

Or --

b) a life on Earth that was powerful, rich, and comfortable, with a job you love, position, rank, duties which it is your honour to fulfil, but no freedom to just drop everything and go...

Which would you choose?

(For those who know where this question comes from, no copying Miles. *g* Which would you find more fulfilling?)

(Edited for clarification.)

Comments

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I would definitely choose B. I have simple needs. And if I needed to explore, I could do what I do now, read a book.

And Earth exploration wasn't off the map. Steady income, power to make changes, job I love...yep. I'm failing to see a downside with B. Like nandamai said, if I love it, it's giving me stimulation, not being an anchor on me.

(But I've been loving abyssinia's all important questions. Heh.

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

it's important to know what you're getting into before you abandon the planet!

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

And Earth exploration wasn't off the map.

Yes, exactly - you could spend your life exploring Earth, and never see everything. Not that you'd necessarily have the time to spend your life doing that - I guess it depends on the job. :)

(Hee - yes, I'm enjoying answering them.)