Re-Read Matched in October! discussion

Let's get started with our last MATCHED discussion before CROSSED comes out next week! As always, questions are below.

Cassia says, “The two desires struggle within me: the desire to be safe, and the desire to know. I cannot tell which one will win.” Which desire do you think is more important for Cassia in the long run? Which is more important for the human race as a whole?

What did you think when Cassia realizes they poison the food given to the elderly so they will die on their eightieth birthdays? Is it immoral, or does it make sense?