What exactly is Jake's motivation for agreeing to save JFK in 11.22.63?

[[No spoilers if possible as I'm reading it currently. I'm up to Jake's time in Derry now.]]

It seems to me that Al basically said "Jake, here's a weird time hole. Do you want to save JFK because insert random musings and Jake just went "Fuck it, why not?"

Like, is it ever adequately explained? Taking a risk that things would be better if they prevented the assassination attempt seems like lunacy.

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rhacer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The whole point of the book is exploring that subject.

hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3y

Okay, good! I was a bit worried it just wouldn't be visited. That's fine then. Thank you