back to the future

Suppose you went back in time to 1910 and found yourself in a German cafe sitting next to Adolf Hitler. Would you kill him and change the future?

Suppose you had the power to know who was responsible for WWIII. Would you kill him and save the world?

Most people would say they'd kill Hitler and some would suggest talking to him and try to adjust his way of thinking. Some people would stand by their religious upbringing and refuse to kill anyone under any circumstances because it's just, plane, wrong. In other words, let someone else do it. 97% of humanity wouldn't kill someone because they THOUGHT he would start WWIII. 2% of humanity are psychopaths and it wouldn't matter who they killed, and 1% have no opinion and don't count.

Now, suppose you had a single button in front of you, right between you and your computer monitor. Let's imagine, if you push this button all the people responsible for the future destruction of humanity would instantly disappear. Imagine pushing this button and every war would stop, every slave would be freed, and every secret revealed.

There's no catch. You don't know any of these people and they won't be missed. It's safe to assume anyone pushing the button will not disappear. The only people that will disappear will be those directly or indirectly responsible for the future destruction of humanity.

Let's try something, ok?

Get a piece of paper and draw a small circle on it about the size of a nickle. Go ahead. Do it. I'll wait.
Seriously, draw a circle on a piece of paper. Just do it! This is important. Stop reading for a second and draw the damn circle. Humor me, ok? You don't have to be an artist to do this. If your circle isn't quite round enough, just draw lots of circles in the same place until it looks like a proper circle.

Put your piece of paper with the button on it and place it between you and your monitor. Look at it. It's just a button. No wires or anything. Just a circle on a paper but by pushing it you will make everyone responsible for your future demise disappear. Tomorrow you'll wake up and your breakfast will taste better than any breakfast you've ever had. The birds will sing and your bank accounts will grow. Life will be sweeter than you ever imagined.

Now, push the button.


Just as I thought. You can't even be bothered to draw a damn circle to save your life.

You're hopeless and that's why the distruction of humanity is inevitable.

HAVE A NICE DAY :)