You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

I have so many ideas for what kinds of things I could wish for, some in groups because their impacts are contingent on one another. I’m not going to share those, since some of them could be Earth shatteringly important to the balance of the Cosmos.

Instead, here are some fun ones!

• I wish I could safely hop in and out of the stories I read so I can experience them as if I were really there.
• I wish I could consume any form of media and choose to consume it again without losing the sense of wonder and magic I felt the first time around. So that every time is like the first. I’d make sure it isn’t as simple as “forget the first time so the next one feels like the first all over again.” I would want to remember those previous iterations so I could explore a new direction each time and not feel dwindling returns of excitement or joy. I would be able to play through games like Elden Ring or The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom multiple times and not feel bored or burned out. I’d probably set some rules on this wish so I don’t get stuck in a loop.
  • The previous wish could be modified for any activity that someone enjoys should they want to feel that same first time thrill all over again, though I would recommend serious consideration of self-imposed rules or restrictions to prevent overconsumption. We are only human after all.
• Sometimes I also wish I could live a greatly extended life just so I could read every book, play every game, etc. I have a fascination with wonder where technology is going and I want to be able to see what is made a hundred or more years from now. This one wish I’ve put some thought into and kept in my pocket because depending on how long you choose to live (if you don’t wish to live forever) you will inevitably watch all your friends and family expire. What kind of impact would that have on the human mind? To live so long that you could basically lose your attachment to the world? For myself, I think I could handle it for a couple of generations, but I’d not want to live longer than that.

Anyways, there you go. Did I spark any ideas for you?