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If people could ask for only one real-life wish, what would they choose?

3•jmvet•1h ago
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?

Comments

nacozarina•1h 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

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