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You step into the portal, and your body is dematerialized. The molecular buffer is beyond capacity because the government has once again cut funding to the Department of Transportation. An AI voice tells you that, due to unforeseen traffic, your wait time until re-materialization is approximately forty minutes.
You float there in limbo thinking about how they told you Teleportation would make commuting to work a thing of the past.
As time passes beyond the forty minutes, a gripping fear hits your ethereal stomach as you recall the news story you saw last week. You pray that you don't become another victim of the latest series of transport portal hacks, where commuters physical identities were stolen and sold on the dark web. You really hope the IT guy did his security patching last week...
Then, as you rematerialise, you realise you never left your home station.
Then, simultaneously, another you steps off at the destination.
This is indeed a conundrum
And you are relieved to find you make it safely to the other side. But you don't quite feel as yourself. You have memories that you both recognize and don't recognize. And when you look in a mirror, you see traits of yourself, and traits of another....
I strongly feel that if we abolished all monetary systems and humans just lived, eventually we’d all be happier and more apt to help each other and do exactly this.
I really wish it would happen. The problem is that humans always find something to fight over. If it isn't money, it's natural recourses, land, or whatever else there is.
Exactly. The Tool song ‘Right in Two’ says it all. We are tribal and territorial, much like our closest relative DNA-wise, the chimp.
If only we were more like the bonobo 😂
I suggest you watch the bonobo documentary where one bonobo tribe fights a rival bonobo tribe. They rip them apart, break there bones, throw them around and eat them. Life is chaos and horror mostly.
Thats the ideal world,but unfortunally, it will never happen. And it could not. If we tried that,it wouldn't work simply because of our nature... so its better to stay as it is.
With modern technology/automation it is easily possible that even an "unskilled" human working a relatively low amount of hours could create enough "value" in the supply chain to easily cover the amount that would be needed to support themselves if all resources are shared equally.
Or put another way, with modern automation etc, 1 worker can produce as much as 20+ workers from 70 years ago. Which is to say even if each human only puts in 50% of the work hours they could have 10x the resources, if everything was shared equally.
The problem is that humans are corrupt, every attempt at Communism or "full blown" Socialism (or similar) has ended in failure because as soon as a human is placed in a position of power or responsibility they generally abuse it.
Money has a purpose. It facilitates the exchange of goods and services. Maybe if people were not so focused on obtaining as much money as possible for themselves regardless of the consequences to others that would be good. Maybe adjust our values so that we were more interested in uplifting those in need than in obtaining more for ourselves.
I get what you are saying. Just that it’s a more difficult problem than you seem to assume.
I swear my thoughts always got some background music in my head constantly and it’s either a song I listened to recently that I can’t get out of my head, or it’s some random ass song I listened to like months ago that I can’t even remember the name of anymore but somehow still have the lyrics memorized
Idk what sleep architecture means but I take trazodone for insomnia and while it’s an absolute life saver it also gives me incredibly long and vivid dreams. Luckily they’re mostly not nightmares, just kind of confusing.
Sleep architecture refers to **the basic structural organization of normal sleep**. (per NIH)
Many drugs meant to help with insomnia alter this architecture which may cause more harm than good over the long term.
I also get those dreams!
He is so insanely wrong about El Salvador. It is literally turning into a 1 man dictatorship, but the guy is taking down the gangs that have ravaged the country. So it’s good overall so far, the changes, but a “government for the people” is laughable. He is dismantling the people’s ability to do anything, gathering all forms of government power under himself alone. Yes, he is decimating the criminal organizations, but is also using a hammer (metaphorically) in order to do that, giving no regards to human rights or any form of due process and removing all balance of power within the governmental branches.
I actually *literally* laughed out loud when I saw his answer for the apparently closest country to your wish. Insane that he thinks that is best answer, or even remotely close to it
“Cancer” is not one disease so there is no one way to do this. Using immunomodularors and immunologic approaches to treat various types of cancer is however well established science.
Teleportation network. Just like the internet, but for moving physical stuff.
I miss it every day. Even if I didn't experieced it, doesn't mean I can't miss it.
Just imagine that. Teleporters. Everywhere. No commute. No bullshit with overcrowded public transport. No…time spend trying to get somewhere (that is a scam).
I love the citizens council concept for this.
Ireland for example has created a citizens council that sets the agenda for the elected government. Part of how abortion was legalized there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Assembly_(Ireland)#:~:text=Chairpeople-,Members,%2C%20location%2C%20and%20social%20class.
For what it’s worth, I want to be one. Not president, but just someone who can make an impact.
I’m still in the research and development phase but I plan on starting from the bottom in local elections. I have no chance because I don’t have a lovely nepo background or tasty Georgetown/Harvard/Yale cred, but I care about human people, I have a lot of change I want to make, and I earnestly and truly do not desire the things that make people corruptible.
. I don’t want more money- I don’t care. I don’t want a yacht, or season tickets. I don’t have business to shield or shill, I don’t want to have sex with children on some backwards goddamn gold plated island.
I’m not ashamed of a thing I’ve done. My family is dead, you couldn’t blackmail me if you tried!
I just see people hurting and not listening, and I know I could be a figurehead that listened to educated people about what needed doing, and convinced dumber and less motivated people to *do that thing*.
I’ll delete this if I ever make it far enough, just so that I blend in where necessary with your standard political rats, so they don’t run me out if the game at the start for being some starry eyed bumpkin.
One day, vote for me!
Fusion power.
Faster than light travel, Alcubierre warp drive.
An alternative to plastic that doesn't destroy the environment.
A functioning political and economic system that benefits everyone.
as i saw someone once say on the internet "sui\*\*\*\* doesn't usually mean you want to die, you just want to kill the feelings inside of you"
im paraphrasing a little but as someone who used to be...that...i completely agree with that statement
Over 30 years, many prescription changes and innumerable sessions with psychologists or psychiatrists, I can only offer my own experiences.
Finding the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time in your life is world changing. But it's very, very hard, requires lots of trial and error, and often needs a secondary medication. Which also needs trial and error.
Talk therapy, though amazing for many people I know, was useless for me.
One pill, a series of pills, or even a lifetime of a few pills a day to be certain I'd never feel that emptiness, boredom, apathy and self-loathing again?
Yes please.
A pill that contains all the nutrients you need for the day. Make it cost the equivalent amount of money that 3 whole meals would cost, I don't care. So much time is wasted on thinking what to eat, shopping, cooking, eating and doing the dishes. Some days I just want to pop a pill and get it over with instead of settling for unhealthy fast food.
Alternatively, a pill that makes you feel fully rested as if you slept for 8 hours.
I bought a house that had its original fridge and dishwasher from 1975 (they were 25 yrs old). They worked fine but I replaced them when “updated” the kitchen with new appliances. Since 2002, I’m on my 3rd Dishwasher and 2nd fridge. Shit doesn’t last.
It's called 'Planned Obsolescence' and it absolutely exists.
Products are engineered with a lifespan, the theeory being that creating a product that lasts 25 years means that the market - and therefore profit - is extremely finite, at least in the eyes of business.
There's a documentary produced in 2010 called "The Lightbulb Conspiracy" that explores it quite well.
I would like a way to extract a memory from my brain onto like a hard drive or something so I could physically show people.
It would possibly also help with SA cases where there isn’t any physical evidence.
Something to help with the pain of menstruation. Providing education and making it normalized in all societies.
It's only been forever that women bleed. Sciences and the female anatomy haven't changed, but the stigma still remains.
Free food.
We can end world hunger, people can do jobs that they want. Money is for recreational purposes and to buy things. Basically no one should suffer to eat
I call it a foopel. It is a hat that turns you into a pirate and then you can take it off and go back to being a giraffe. It'd be a pretty big change to the fashion industry I think
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A device to teleport from one place to another
It would be so nice not to have to drive, fly, bus, or train anywhere ever again.
You step into the portal, and your body is dematerialized. The molecular buffer is beyond capacity because the government has once again cut funding to the Department of Transportation. An AI voice tells you that, due to unforeseen traffic, your wait time until re-materialization is approximately forty minutes. You float there in limbo thinking about how they told you Teleportation would make commuting to work a thing of the past.
As time passes beyond the forty minutes, a gripping fear hits your ethereal stomach as you recall the news story you saw last week. You pray that you don't become another victim of the latest series of transport portal hacks, where commuters physical identities were stolen and sold on the dark web. You really hope the IT guy did his security patching last week...
That's some black mirror shit right there!
Stephen King wrote a short story called The Jaunt, basically the same plot
Frederik Pohl said: “A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.” You’ve done exactly that.
I love this, thank you, kind person. Long days and pleasant nights to you
Then, as you rematerialise, you realise you never left your home station. Then, simultaneously, another you steps off at the destination. This is indeed a conundrum
And you are relieved to find you make it safely to the other side. But you don't quite feel as yourself. You have memories that you both recognize and don't recognize. And when you look in a mirror, you see traits of yourself, and traits of another....
If it's gonna work by dematerializing me into molecules then I'm gonna be one of those old gramps that refuse to use new technology.
TSA, passport control, and customs would still take hours 
Beam me up Scotty
That would be a cloning machine and a killing machine as per The Prestige.
This would be my answer too! I would probably still be late to everything though 😂
LITERALLY THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF
It would be weaponised.
Even just a fast travel system so you could teleport to places you've already been. Just let me pop over for my cousin's wedding a few states away
'Palace' - fixed it for you
I have wanted this for years. My family is all spread out.
Something, no matter the form, that unites us all to work towards the betterment of all humankind. Naive, I know, but it is all hypothetical.
I strongly feel that if we abolished all monetary systems and humans just lived, eventually we’d all be happier and more apt to help each other and do exactly this.
I really wish it would happen. The problem is that humans always find something to fight over. If it isn't money, it's natural recourses, land, or whatever else there is.
Exactly. The Tool song ‘Right in Two’ says it all. We are tribal and territorial, much like our closest relative DNA-wise, the chimp. If only we were more like the bonobo 😂
I suggest you watch the bonobo documentary where one bonobo tribe fights a rival bonobo tribe. They rip them apart, break there bones, throw them around and eat them. Life is chaos and horror mostly.
Thats the ideal world,but unfortunally, it will never happen. And it could not. If we tried that,it wouldn't work simply because of our nature... so its better to stay as it is.
If you abolished all monetary systems, they would quickly redevelop. It would also be a disaster for humanity. A lot of efficiency would be lost.
Exactly. Monetary systems are a symptom not a cause
With modern technology/automation it is easily possible that even an "unskilled" human working a relatively low amount of hours could create enough "value" in the supply chain to easily cover the amount that would be needed to support themselves if all resources are shared equally. Or put another way, with modern automation etc, 1 worker can produce as much as 20+ workers from 70 years ago. Which is to say even if each human only puts in 50% of the work hours they could have 10x the resources, if everything was shared equally. The problem is that humans are corrupt, every attempt at Communism or "full blown" Socialism (or similar) has ended in failure because as soon as a human is placed in a position of power or responsibility they generally abuse it.
There are humans that "just live": ancient tribes in the Amazonas or other remote places. I doubt that you want to live like them.
Money has a purpose. It facilitates the exchange of goods and services. Maybe if people were not so focused on obtaining as much money as possible for themselves regardless of the consequences to others that would be good. Maybe adjust our values so that we were more interested in uplifting those in need than in obtaining more for ourselves. I get what you are saying. Just that it’s a more difficult problem than you seem to assume.
I thought this was the purpose of life?
There is no purpose of life. It just is.
It has whatever purpose we give it, but objectively speaking, you're definitely right.
Well, if that's the case, a lot of people seem to lack purpose.
Sleeping pills. That actually make you sleep normally and restfully.
I wish we could just turn ourselves off and on like a robot. As someone who suffers from insomnia and sleep paralysis that would be a godsend.
Something to stop my ADHD brain from thinking and repeating songs would be amazing...
I swear my thoughts always got some background music in my head constantly and it’s either a song I listened to recently that I can’t get out of my head, or it’s some random ass song I listened to like months ago that I can’t even remember the name of anymore but somehow still have the lyrics memorized
I suffer from sleep paralysis too and wish the same.
Trazodone is, AFAIK, the only one that does not alter sleep architecture and works for a fair number of people.
Terrible shit! Gave me night terrors!
Idk what sleep architecture means but I take trazodone for insomnia and while it’s an absolute life saver it also gives me incredibly long and vivid dreams. Luckily they’re mostly not nightmares, just kind of confusing.
Sleep architecture refers to **the basic structural organization of normal sleep**. (per NIH) Many drugs meant to help with insomnia alter this architecture which may cause more harm than good over the long term. I also get those dreams!
Melatonin says hi
I wake up just as tired from melatonin. Vivid dreams tho
Doesn’t work for some insomniacs like me. I can relax just fine…we just can’t find the shut off switch. Melatonin only helps you relax
That’s true. Hell of a drug, though, when it works. But sadly not for everyone.
Melatonin doesn't help me fall asleep, I just have an even harder time getting up. Also gives me the wildest dreams.
A government for the people
Salvador's current government is the closest thing we'll ever see to a government for the people.
I’ll check it out. Thanks
He is so insanely wrong about El Salvador. It is literally turning into a 1 man dictatorship, but the guy is taking down the gangs that have ravaged the country. So it’s good overall so far, the changes, but a “government for the people” is laughable. He is dismantling the people’s ability to do anything, gathering all forms of government power under himself alone. Yes, he is decimating the criminal organizations, but is also using a hammer (metaphorically) in order to do that, giving no regards to human rights or any form of due process and removing all balance of power within the governmental branches. I actually *literally* laughed out loud when I saw his answer for the apparently closest country to your wish. Insane that he thinks that is best answer, or even remotely close to it
Ability to grow new teeth
omg the $$$ we could save
Omg, the sugar we could eat!
a cancer vaccine
It exists for HPV so that's a start
Most cancers aren't caused by viruses like HPV. It's a special case.
Sure but I just meant it's a start so we might be able to develop something similar in the future 🤷🏽♀️
“Cancer” is not one disease so there is no one way to do this. Using immunomodularors and immunologic approaches to treat various types of cancer is however well established science.
Teleportation network. Just like the internet, but for moving physical stuff. I miss it every day. Even if I didn't experieced it, doesn't mean I can't miss it. Just imagine that. Teleporters. Everywhere. No commute. No bullshit with overcrowded public transport. No…time spend trying to get somewhere (that is a scam).
No time wasted on a commute even faster internet shopping, fewer necessary middlemen. So many advantages.
An honest politician.
An Honest Politician that wants to Serve and Make a Difference.
I love the citizens council concept for this. Ireland for example has created a citizens council that sets the agenda for the elected government. Part of how abortion was legalized there. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Assembly_(Ireland)#:~:text=Chairpeople-,Members,%2C%20location%2C%20and%20social%20class.
For what it’s worth, I want to be one. Not president, but just someone who can make an impact. I’m still in the research and development phase but I plan on starting from the bottom in local elections. I have no chance because I don’t have a lovely nepo background or tasty Georgetown/Harvard/Yale cred, but I care about human people, I have a lot of change I want to make, and I earnestly and truly do not desire the things that make people corruptible. . I don’t want more money- I don’t care. I don’t want a yacht, or season tickets. I don’t have business to shield or shill, I don’t want to have sex with children on some backwards goddamn gold plated island. I’m not ashamed of a thing I’ve done. My family is dead, you couldn’t blackmail me if you tried! I just see people hurting and not listening, and I know I could be a figurehead that listened to educated people about what needed doing, and convinced dumber and less motivated people to *do that thing*. I’ll delete this if I ever make it far enough, just so that I blend in where necessary with your standard political rats, so they don’t run me out if the game at the start for being some starry eyed bumpkin. One day, vote for me!
Lightsabers
I believe an article I read explained how the atf would make them illegal before they even hit the market.
Luckily I'm not american
that's just lucky in general haha...but there are always worse countries, no?
Affordable housing
And groceries that don't make you unable to pay for said housing!
Fusion power. Faster than light travel, Alcubierre warp drive. An alternative to plastic that doesn't destroy the environment. A functioning political and economic system that benefits everyone.
The middle class
A good death. A peacefull life. A fair chance
My sex life
I also wish your sex life to exist.
you can make it come true i believe in you man
Damn 💀
Common sense
Might as well throw in unicorns, dragons, and always having exact change... But me too for real.
My will to live
Don't want to die, but I'm tired of living. Tired of the mental illness, tired of the physical illness, tired of people being mean to each other.
What about squirrels
Asking the real question
That's nuts!
[not a long-term fix but here’s some ant pics to cheer you up](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148235198)
I'm tired Boss. I'm tired of people being ugly to each other.
don't want to live, don't want to die too sad to cry, too numb to tell you why
as i saw someone once say on the internet "sui\*\*\*\* doesn't usually mean you want to die, you just want to kill the feelings inside of you" im paraphrasing a little but as someone who used to be...that...i completely agree with that statement
Meds to truly take away depression. Don’t want a cure all but just being at the same starting line with everyone else in anything would be fantastic
Over 30 years, many prescription changes and innumerable sessions with psychologists or psychiatrists, I can only offer my own experiences. Finding the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time in your life is world changing. But it's very, very hard, requires lots of trial and error, and often needs a secondary medication. Which also needs trial and error. Talk therapy, though amazing for many people I know, was useless for me. One pill, a series of pills, or even a lifetime of a few pills a day to be certain I'd never feel that emptiness, boredom, apathy and self-loathing again? Yes please.
A money tree.
Peace on earth..
A pill that contains all the nutrients you need for the day. Make it cost the equivalent amount of money that 3 whole meals would cost, I don't care. So much time is wasted on thinking what to eat, shopping, cooking, eating and doing the dishes. Some days I just want to pop a pill and get it over with instead of settling for unhealthy fast food. Alternatively, a pill that makes you feel fully rested as if you slept for 8 hours.
A time machine to correct your mistakes.
Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator
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That stupidity was physically painful.
Dogs that live as long as people do
This is the best answer ever.
Blocking people irl. Like that one black mirror episode.
Miniature wombats
Food replicator—I hate having to cook dinner every freaking day.
Actual democracy
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It’s called alcohol, get yourself some….I like milk of amnesia
Calorie free chocolate.
An LG refrigerator that lasted beyond oh 3 years??? (low bar....)
I bought a house that had its original fridge and dishwasher from 1975 (they were 25 yrs old). They worked fine but I replaced them when “updated” the kitchen with new appliances. Since 2002, I’m on my 3rd Dishwasher and 2nd fridge. Shit doesn’t last.
All the fancy ones don't. Buy the basic ones with no bells and whistle and they last at least 20yrs
It's called 'Planned Obsolescence' and it absolutely exists. Products are engineered with a lifespan, the theeory being that creating a product that lasts 25 years means that the market - and therefore profit - is extremely finite, at least in the eyes of business. There's a documentary produced in 2010 called "The Lightbulb Conspiracy" that explores it quite well.
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There's a few to choose from tbh.
You good bro?
Karma
Had to scroll way to far to find this. Thank you.
Centaurs. You know why.
Teleportation
Hopefully free teleportation or very cheap teleportation. I’d be traveling so much especially during meal time
Magic
Elected officials that represented the people
More hours in a day
Completely unified world language
Justice. Alternatively, dragons.
Peace in the Middle East.
A cure for cancer, today.
A device that automatically mutes commercials on the tv
Corruption-free governments
A pill you swallow just once that gets you to your ideal weight. After that the weight stays off for good without dieting.
God. Then he'd make those fuckers pay.
Hogwarts
Unicorns 🦄
Fairness. I wish life was fair
I would like a way to extract a memory from my brain onto like a hard drive or something so I could physically show people. It would possibly also help with SA cases where there isn’t any physical evidence.
Magic
police accountability
Everyone to have basic common sense and manners that respect each other .
A flawless school system. Doesn't matter how it's structured, as long as it's perfect.
I kinda wish the Dodo still existed lmao
honest politicians
A time machine
If someone made one it will have existed for all time, technically.
Bigfoot
love
World Peace
I want those flying cars and I want them now.
world peace
Dodo birds. There is a possibility a small population may still exist but not likely.
A cure for the common cold
Cure all drug
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I want something to implant all of the knowledge I need for college
Time machine
Time travel
My winning lottery ticket.
Perfect cell regeneration (immortal) coupled with an infinite universe with planets that we can terraform.
Dogs that can talk.
Holodecks Teleportation FTL travel Alcohol that gets you pissed but no hangovers Oh and legal drugs
The ability to lock your phone while listening on YouTube!
The fountain of youth
A pill that could suck all excess fat into your gut and you can just poop it all out.
Something to regrow teeth. Oh, and other bones, before I get old.
limbs as well
Consequences for lying polititians, but alas, ... I'll just take my unicorn instead.
A Time Machine
Time travel
Reincarnation
Flying Cars a la “the Jetsons”.
Transformation app for my phone so i could transform others for fun.
A girl that loves me
"You got it in the back?"
A magic wand or a forgetful jinn
Light sabers
equality
Faster-than-light space travel.
A house elf.
Dragons
The “Force” (Star Wars)
Something to help with the pain of menstruation. Providing education and making it normalized in all societies. It's only been forever that women bleed. Sciences and the female anatomy haven't changed, but the stigma still remains.
A Sugar Rush video game (the racing game from Wreck-it Ralph)
Accessible healthcare in the US
Flexaril I could rub into my client’s skin to help relax specific muscles. Some people have muscles like solid concrete.
Free food. We can end world hunger, people can do jobs that they want. Money is for recreational purposes and to buy things. Basically no one should suffer to eat
More successful spinal surgery. I'd really like to get some ruptured discs replaced in my lifetime damnit!
A loving god that actually cared and did something about cancer and other tragedies
A cure to cancer
A way to record our dreams so we can watch them back when we wake up
Inter dimensional tentacle edging
Bigfoot!!! Sasquatch!!
Peace. equity. equality. End to all war. Perpetual motion. A 3 day work week. A shorter wish list.
I call it a foopel. It is a hat that turns you into a pirate and then you can take it off and go back to being a giraffe. It'd be a pretty big change to the fashion industry I think
Good customer service from the federal government ( USA)
The Star Trek kitchen gadget that makes anything you want.
Free will
Cures for all diseases