We all know the story, the Genie in the Lamp gives you any three wishes. I was in an introspective mood yesterday, and began to actually think, if something like that ACTUALLY happened, what would I do? Would I go the selfish route? Try and help the world? Or some combination of the two? First, I'm going by the assumption the entity had some ground rules against loopholes, the typical "no wishing for more wishes" shtick. And I'd also assume that the entity was benign, willing to fulfill these wishes in a positive way, and not about to twist my words or exploit my own loopholes into some sort of nightmare scenario (think the sketch from the Simpsons Halloween Special 2, only serious). I'm also going under the assumption that they won't severely mess with the laws of reality or nature in an obvious way to fulfill these needs, I.e. changing some fundamental rule of existence to make it happen. That being said, after some thought, I think I'd phrase my wishes this way: 1. No one in the world will die of anything other than natural causes. (I'm going by that "no twisted intent" thing here. I think this is a nice way to cure a good portion of the world's problems in one shot. War, disease, deadly poverty, all taken care of.) 2. My own guaranteed financial stability for the rest of my life. (purely selfish, but think of all the worries that immediately gets rid of) and, 3. A guaranteed love for the rest of my life to share this with (because even if I was married or whatever, the guarantee would still be good insurance) I considered also asking for the same control over time and space that the Genie/entity has, but opted out of it, as I wouldn't want that on my shoulders for ethical and emotional reasons. (If you could mold the world, everything around you would feel fake and hollow) So, what would yours be? Oh, one more thing: a childhood memory made me just now youtube the scene from Aladdin where the genie explains his rules, I'm going to say those rules don't apply here, because they suck and its more fun without them.
1. to be a good father 2. to be able to provide for my family and loved ones 3. and a million more wishes Since I wont get the wishes I'll stop dreaming and work on spending more time with my family and working hard to keep us safe and i'll keep my fingers crossed for a million more wishes.
1. To be better in my religious life 2. To be a good father for my family 3. To live in paradise with my family after we all die
1. For mimm's 3 wishes to come true for everyone. 2. To be self employed all my life, making a decent living. (I hope that will be the case anyways) 3. Get rid of this dialup...