It's more like, is it better to be the person who:

- sees a waterfall in every river, even when one is not there?

- sees the waterfall, and is resigned about their fate?

- sees the waterfall, then struggles for survival no matter how hopeless the situation seems to be?

- is completely ignorant of the waterfall?

"sees the waterfall, then struggles for survival no matter how hopeless the situation seems to be?"

You could consider that a variant of the voter's dilemma.