Is There a Rewind Button for Life?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the hypothetical concept of having a rewind button for life, exploring personal reflections on past decisions and missed opportunities. Participants share their thoughts on what they would change if given the chance to revisit their past, touching on themes of career choices, financial decisions, and personal regrets.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to be more pragmatic about career and financial matters, suggesting that success in art requires a business mindset.
  • Another participant humorously suggests they would go back to tell their past self the winning lottery numbers.
  • A follow-up comment reinforces the lottery idea and adds a playful suggestion about claiming significant patents as one's own.
  • Another participant makes a cryptic reference to taking a "blue pill," implying a choice related to reality or perception.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants share personal reflections and humorous suggestions, but there is no consensus on the implications of having a rewind button or the best choices to make.

Contextual Notes

The discussion is limited by its speculative nature, as participants are reflecting on hypothetical scenarios without providing detailed reasoning or context for their choices.

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If life had a 10 year erase and rewind button, I think I would go back and be less dreamy and more hard-headed about career and money. I understand now that you need to be a businessman to be a successful artist. But by the time I learned that lesson, I was too tired to apply it.
 
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I would go back and tell myself the winning lottery numbers.
 
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Originally posted by plus
I would go back and tell myself the
winning lottery numbers.
Yep !
You could also record all significant
patents and file them as your own. :wink:
 
i would have taken the blue pill...
 

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