I don't know what the price of time is, but from my own experience I can say that it's quite high. This comment reminded me of the Chekhov short story The Bet

I don't know what the price of time is, but from my own experience I can say that it's quite high. This comment reminded me of the Chekhov short story The Bet - http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Bet.shtml http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Bet.shtml If you reversed the statement, would you take $10m for 10 years of imprisonment? I definitely wouldn't. Life's for living.