So I watched this movie again and I thought about what I'd do if I was alone on a ship for over a year and I had the ability to wake people up at the cost of ruining their lives. I'm not sure what I'd do. Ultimately, his actions saved them all. But he didn't know they would.
His action was the ultimate in selfishness. But he was utterly alone in the middle of 5000 people. I mean, what does that do to someone psychologically. I may have just ended it all instead, but I have a very strong survival instinct. So, I just don't know which way I would have gone.