Alyrium Denryle wrote:What would they be. I will give mine after the first few posts
If I encountered a genie that could grant me three wishes:
1 - The ability to untraceably access, comprehend, and manipulate any and all sources of data that have been invented or that could ever be invented, until the day I die.
2 - A lifespan of roughly 60,000 years. This lifespan must also include enhanced physical charactaristics, such as enhanced strength, speed, agility, and hearing. Also, a robust immune system easily capable of dealing with any and all diseases that would evolve over the course of the aforementioned 60,000 years. Said lifespan must also include youth for the entire period.
3 - Genie must immediately divest itself of any and all supernatural powers. And when I say divest, I mean disperse utterly so that aforementioned supernatural powers will no longer exist in any way, shape, matter, or form.
Once the genie has divested itself of all supernatural powers and becomes mortal, I will promptly kill him/her/it with my new abilities. I will then use my newfound mental abilities to slowly accumulate a large sum of cash. I will then use this cash to nudge intelligent, but violent people into politics. At the same time, I will also be using my money to educate intelligent and reasonable people, and nudging them into moving into selected safe places. I may also recruit followers . . . agents to carry out my bidding.
The result of me meeting the genie will be the death of half the planet's population. With enough nudging, the war to end all wars will quickly be brought about. I only trust myself and my closest agents to bring about an end to human stupidity. However, due to my careful manipulation, intelligent, educated and rational people will be concentrated in selected conclaves. These conclaves will be reasonably well off after the war due to more carefully applied monies.
My conclaves of educated and rational folks would bring about a quick end to the post-apocalyptic wastes and put civilization on the right track. And since I'll be around for 60,000 years, I can continually push civilization in the directions I want it to go.
So ha!