I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.
Not a huge fan of the whole emotional manipulation thing, but god, I have so much more energy now when I'm not focused on all the shit ways things can go wrong or what a bad idea trusting people could turn out to be or plotting out contingency plans for basically any set of variables. I even played a game of pick up basketball at lunch.