Would you choose to Reset the first time if you didn’t know the consequences of the second Reset? How about if you did know the consequences?
Well I’m a bit of a cynic and something that looks too good is bound to have a catch to it. The book in part is about how you use your second chance. Walt wanted to be able to walk his daughter down the aisle, so his risking the unknown made good sense and seemed almost altruistic given he’d be back in his chair. For Tom and “sowing his wild oats” he didn’t get to do was selfish and as he learned he couldn’t really do it because his brain wasn’t wired for 25.
I’m sure I’d be caught up in the excitement of being reset. Like others, I would make bucket list plans and have a travel itinerary and reservations made. Since no one knew what would happen when 50 approached again, I’d take my chances at making memorable moments.
I’d probably do what you think you’d do.
I really can’t speak to that question. Even now after having read the book, I vacillate on a daily basis, would I or wouldn’t I reset!
I have thought a lot about this question. Yes, I was healthy at 25 and would love to have my younger body and more energy but I want my mindset to be in my current age and not in the society of a 25 year old. I enjoy my older wisdom!
Having a 25 year old body with, hopefully, 50 year old wisdom sounds pretty tempting. Say I reach the age of 50, reset to 25. I reach 50 again so I have now lived 75 years. The 2nd reset puts me where I should have been naturally. Yes, I would do it.
Yes, I probably would. It’s tempting to think one could go back to 25 yo knowing what you do at 50. Would I make different choices? Not likely but I might do things a bit differently in some cases.
I’m not sure. I truly enjoyed by 50’s and 60s and am loving my now 70s. I am however lucky to be very healthy. I also could care less about how young I look. I like the idea of ‘times’ of our lives and the ebb and flow of aging. Sort of like seasons. So I’m not sure I’d want to miss it all.
I think it would be tempting for just about everyone, unless you had an illness or someting at 25 that would “come back”. Why not, I would argue? At the second reset you end up just where you would have been at 75 anyway!
I would embrace the opportunity, even without knowing the consequences of a second Reset. I would welcome the chance to return to school and pursue an entirely different career path. Becoming a student again would be far less daunting with the knowledge and perspective I have gained. Even if the consequences were known, I suspect I would still take the leap. After all, you only live once, or perhaps twice. 
I would still have reset even if I knew what would happen at the second. Having a better physical body for 25 years and still ending up in the same place would have been worth it. However not knowing the ramifications would have made that decision harder.
I probably would have missed the birth date by a day or two and not had the chance to make the choice. But I think I would have taken the reset if for no other reason than to spend those extra years with family. The second reset would not make you any older than you actually were, so what is the problem? The first reset just gives you a healthier body with hopefully more energy.