WYR:
do something great for all of humanity but be remembered as one of the worst people who ever lived, or do nothing with any lasting impact in your lifetime and be remembered as a hero to all people?
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Yes. I don't care how I'm remembered if it's possible to make life better for all people
Still can't believe sparrow_1029 restarted the path to the third world war
😄haha WELL we had to get to Starfleet somehow...
Before reading the other comments I thought I'd pick the first option, with it just being a misunderstanding/warped collective memory for some reason (and preferably only once I'm gone so people wouldn't be openly hostile while I'm still alive).
Now it's like, what if I did something terrible that's "just" beneficial to humanity as a species?
Like "I solved overpopulation..." (Hooray :D)
"...by deleting 90% of humans from existence." (... D: )
Exaggerated example, and questionable if it's really something to be called great when you think about all the problems coming with a sudden instantaneous drop in population, but you get the gist.
The former. When you're dead you have no ego.