Two Years of Living Randomly

Today, we watched a video where Google employee Max Hawkins lived randomly for two years, being told where to go and what to do by an algorithm by the computer. This allowed him to show up to events such as an eighth grade band concert or take a flight to Mumbai. This can be both a good idea and a bad idea. The perk of living randomly and doing random things is that you have the opportunity to see new things you never would have imagined to do. For example, Hawkins has a random Spotify playlist with songs most of us have never heard of. The downside to this exploring is that you do not know what you are getting yourself into. You could be getting yourself into dangerous situations or situations that expose you to a part you never wanted to see. Although Hawkins did not really talk about this, there is a chance the computer could take you to somewhere that endangers your life, which could be ending or altering your life dramatically. The risk factor with living randomly can be cool and thrilling, but also can be quite scary because you literally do not know what you will end up doing or where you will end up.

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