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Would you be in a zoo?
Hypothetical situation here.
Some nation that doesn't understand much about American culture wants to set up an "America" exhibit in their zoo, so that their citizens can see how an American lives.
In a random process, they select you as their top candidate, and you receive an unsolicited offer as follows:
1. You will live in a 2,000 square foot home with a 3,000 square foot yard.
2. On three sides, the home and yard will have a vertical 50-foot concrete wall that prevents you from leaving. Viewers can look down on you from the top.
3. The fourth side will be a large unbreakable window where viewers can see you.
4. Your home will not have a roof, and all rooms will be visible from the windows. In other words, you will have zero privacy.
5. A sliding cover will be placed over the top of the enclosure during inclement weather.
6. The zoo will be open 18 hours per day. There may be a night watchman wandering around during the other six.
7. You will have internet access, and will be allowed to order anything you like on the Internet.
8. You will be paid an annual salary, per the poll, and will receive free medical care from zoo staff.
9. It's a lifetime commitment. You will be there until you die.
10. You will get one month off each year from December 1 through December 31, in which you can leave your enclosure and go wherever you wish.
11. Zoo staff will maintain your enclosure, and of course you can order furniture and other decorative things on the Internet.
What is the minimum salary that you would require for this arrangement?
You may also assume that anyone currently living with you will join you by choice.
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