Quote Originally Posted by AbstractAngel View Post
When I was younger I was asked a question that has stayed with me into my adult life. A teacher asked me that if I had the Ring of Gyges, what would I do with it? Would I steal, cheat, lie, or murder even? I never knew the lesson behind it when I was first asked, Once I did discover the moral behind it, it intrigued me even more to determine what other people would say.

Plato introduces this concept in his work "The Republic". The idea is that this ring can make you invisible. Imagine, for an instant, you had this ring. You could do anything you wanted without consequence. What would you do that you would normally not? For those of you who know the moral of this story, did your opinion change based on realizing what it inferred?

The first time I was asked this, I said that I would listen in on conversations about me, because I had want to know what people had to say about me when I was not around. It is wrong, I knew that. But upon hearing the end of the tale my answer did not change. Some people I imagine would change. I anxiously await your input!
I am trying not to be vague. But I honestly have no idea what I would do if I had a ring that made me invisible. And this is why.....
I grew up dirt poor. I always thought if I ever came into any money then I would help out my family and others as much as I could with it. Well, when I was in my early 20's the dot-com boom was in full swing. And I got a piece of the pie. For example, one day, in just 2 hours I made about $15,000. That was a good day. The average day was about $500-$1k.... per day. Needless to say I was able to save hordes of money. And during that process I began to change into something that I thought I never would. Let's just say I developed an "attitude". And I did not do things that I thought I would. For example, help my family and friends with my cash.


And you know what? I never knew how much I had changed until the dot-com crash came along and wiped me out. Then I looked back at things and was able to see my tracks, where they had gone. Some friends commented on how I had changed when I had lots of money. But only after I had lost most of it did they say anything. And only after I had lost most of it was I able to reflect on things and see how I had changed.

It's alot like the Spiderman movie. He got a black suit that made him more powerful. But that power went to his head. Give someone millions of dollars or a magic ring and they will change. And more often than not they will change into something that they never thought they would.