If I were ever put into the position of being able to change my life with the push of a button, I would seriously consider pressing the button at first instinct. But knowing myself, I know that I could never press that tempting button. In Daniel Quinn’s “Ishmael,” the narrator is faced with a hypothetical choice of pressing a button that takes him back before the Agricultural Revolution, rich and free of lifelong worries. In terms of this situation, I would not press the button to take me back in time, and forget my financial worries forever.
I initially compared pressing the button to a modern “button” in society, the Lottery. Becoming a billionaire overnight is a great dream for the majority of people, no longer having to work, pay off all
