I’m thinking about a thought experiment.

Imagine a system where each person is allowed to ask for only one real-life wish. Not money, not magic — just something realistic that other people could help with if they want to.

The constraint is intentional: one wish, ever.

How do you think this limitation would change what people ask for? What kinds of wishes would disappear, and which ones would remain?

  • nacozarina 5 hours ago |
    most would get expended on youthful impulses, few would be maturely ‘spent’ as a closing action to extended investigations & deliberations

    whether that would be a ‘waste’ is a harder question to answer