Comment: Re:Since when is /. a dating site? (Score 1) 220
Choice A, no question.
Seriously, your post is a mess. The choices presented are "Cure cancer" or "$10M". Then somehow the second choice veers off into being an unwashed homeless moron, but then swings back to slap on the giant fucking asterisk of "does not apply to the middle class".
So maybe the hillbilly with the life expectancy of 35 due to unsanitary conditions and drug abuse would chose option B. But I don't see many hillbillies doing targeted investment in the stock market, and fewer doing venture capitalism. I do see a lot of middle/upper-middle class doing the former, and a lot of wealthy people doing the later.
The people in place to actually make the choice already have some assurance of a comfortable lifestyle, including a life expectancy where cancer can be a major concern for themselves, their families and friends. It wouldn't be universal, but plenty of people will take option A.