Hypertheticals

You are offered a Brain Pill that will make you 10 percent more intelligent than you currently are, but you will seem 20 percent less intelligent to everyone else. Do you take the pill? You win a prize with two options: (a) a trip to the moon for ten minutes or (b) a year in Europe with a monthly stipend of $2,000. Which option do you select? Would you spare a friend from a nonfatal grizzly bear attack if it meant that it would rain every single day for the rest of your life?
     Absurd, provocative, and delivered with Klosterman's trademark wit, this collection of scenarios asks you to take a stand on matters of morality, social taboo, and personal identity. Pull out these cards at (almost) any social gathering, and be prepared to unearth an interesting side of your friends, your family, your lovers, and yourself!