I’m only age 22, and I don’t have lots of life experience. So, I don’t know how pleasing the rewards of such hardships would be, nor do I have a model of how much pain would go into this. However, reading through the scenarios seemed awful, so I rated my willingness to go through with them very low relative to the median response.
I’d be more interested in the same poll restricted to prime over the age of at least forty, asking along the lines of whether the rewards of hardship were so great they’d be willing to go through the pain again.
My idea would be that the pains one is prepared to bear would change over time. I’d guess that the willingness to take large risks is highest during adolescence (esp. for males).
But at least for me I can’t clearly see this trend. I’m 41 now and
a) my willingness to bear the pains of parenthood hasn’t changed—actually I’d rather bear it even more now.
b) I was never much of a risk-taker and this hasn’t changed much over time.
c) My willingness for infinite study hasn’t changed either.
I’m only age 22, and I don’t have lots of life experience. So, I don’t know how pleasing the rewards of such hardships would be, nor do I have a model of how much pain would go into this. However, reading through the scenarios seemed awful, so I rated my willingness to go through with them very low relative to the median response.
I’d be more interested in the same poll restricted to prime over the age of at least forty, asking along the lines of whether the rewards of hardship were so great they’d be willing to go through the pain again.
My idea would be that the pains one is prepared to bear would change over time. I’d guess that the willingness to take large risks is highest during adolescence (esp. for males).
But at least for me I can’t clearly see this trend. I’m 41 now and
a) my willingness to bear the pains of parenthood hasn’t changed—actually I’d rather bear it even more now.
b) I was never much of a risk-taker and this hasn’t changed much over time.
c) My willingness for infinite study hasn’t changed either.
But your mileage may vary.