Asking for a friend.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I read a book as a kid where someone got a stone they could ask questions to and always get the right answer.

    The trick was to

    ask the stone what you SHOULD do to instead of how to do a particular thing. Otherwise, you’d end up with genie-style like consequences.

    So yea I’d probably figure out the best way to get humanity to the point where things are pretty good. Possibly deal with corruption, set up a better governance/financial structure, etc. But they key is to figure out what to do after I get the powers, not before