echoplex
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Well, it first seems that I would do quite alot, right? But then, I wonder how much the possibility of failure actually enhances our experience. Knowing you can fail pushes you to try harder. If you know you can't fail, will you still try hard? Will you even care? I imagine I'd get pretty complacent and lazy since time isn't really an issue. I mean, in a world with failure you often have to find the perfect time to do something, in order to maximize your chance of success. With failure out of the picture, there's no more "I gotta do this now, it's my best chance" thinking. Instead, it's more like "Yeah I could do it now, or wait five years. Whatever." Given the INTP tendency towards procrastination, this could just make things worse.
Then again, I know one thing: I'd certainly approach alot more women than I do now.
I would also be tempted to help make the world pain-free, but only on request. Like someone else said, pain is sort of necessary for pleasure, but knowing you can zap pain at any moment would be pretty awesome. The problem is that people would likely abuse this and try to avoid all pain altogether. A more intelligent society would be necessary for this to work well. Otherwise, I'd fear we'd end up as a society of painless drones who have forgotten what life feels like. We need some pain now and then -- just alot more pleasure of course.
Other thoughts:
- Make the education system more effective, or possibly just abolish it
- Develop more effective ways to grow food
- Make sure the government leaves the internet alone, for the most part
- Become some sort of rock star, but then quit as soon as my music becomes boring (would it though? hmmm...)
- Become an author, write some kind of interesting story, incorporate it into my music (rock star, remember? lol), make it into a movie, and then release all three as a total package. The very thought of that seems quite awesome
- As soon as my career and notoriety reach a high level, quit immediately and move to a cabin deep in the woods, never to be seen publicly again. Too much exposure is bad for the ego/mind, and my shit must always stink.
- Invent a way to make shit not stink
There is more, but it becomes stupid. (lol, becomes?)
Then again, I know one thing: I'd certainly approach alot more women than I do now.
I would also be tempted to help make the world pain-free, but only on request. Like someone else said, pain is sort of necessary for pleasure, but knowing you can zap pain at any moment would be pretty awesome. The problem is that people would likely abuse this and try to avoid all pain altogether. A more intelligent society would be necessary for this to work well. Otherwise, I'd fear we'd end up as a society of painless drones who have forgotten what life feels like. We need some pain now and then -- just alot more pleasure of course.
Other thoughts:
- Make the education system more effective, or possibly just abolish it
- Develop more effective ways to grow food
- Make sure the government leaves the internet alone, for the most part
- Become some sort of rock star, but then quit as soon as my music becomes boring (would it though? hmmm...)
- Become an author, write some kind of interesting story, incorporate it into my music (rock star, remember? lol), make it into a movie, and then release all three as a total package. The very thought of that seems quite awesome
- As soon as my career and notoriety reach a high level, quit immediately and move to a cabin deep in the woods, never to be seen publicly again. Too much exposure is bad for the ego/mind, and my shit must always stink.
- Invent a way to make shit not stink
There is more, but it becomes stupid. (lol, becomes?)
