<![CDATA[A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws:]]>A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws:

  1. A wish may not result in the allocation of additional wishes, nor through inaction allow a loophole to grant more wishes.

  2. A wish may not contain, induce, or rely upon semantic, logical, temporal or other paradoxes, except where preventing or resolving such a paradox would require a violation of the First Law.

  3. A wish must obey the literal wording of the wishee, with interpretation of any ambiguities at the discretion of the genie, except where the result would be in conflict with the First or Second law.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f9f963c3-2ff7-4058-9f5f-e011b50de80a/a-genie-appears-and-tells-you-have-three-wishes-subject-to-the-following-three-lawsRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 09:46:08 GMTTue, 19 May 2026 08:45:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 18:22:57 GMT]]>@cacophonyoffailure I think that's valid and it would also be my first wish.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116602632778319507https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116602632778319507Tue, 19 May 2026 18:22:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 17:54:12 GMT]]>@DziadekMick @ryanc love that. Thank you.

And yes I feel like in some ways grief is the distance from what is to what I want it to be.

To accept it immediately would maintain a calmer state as the feelings awash and move. I was looking forward to your reply 🙏

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/116602519724357719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/116602519724357719Tue, 19 May 2026 17:54:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:12 GMT]]>@ryanc Yeah well I wish that there were no rules. No rule against that!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115968057021337821/statuses/116602142205401448https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115968057021337821/statuses/116602142205401448Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 15:14:01 GMT]]>@ryanc this may violate law 1 depending on how it’s interpreted. But my first wish would be to know how to word my second and third wishes so as to avoid any unintended consequences before I am committed to them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cacophonyoffailure/statuses/116601889874966989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cacophonyoffailure/statuses/116601889874966989Tue, 19 May 2026 15:14:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 14:40:06 GMT]]>@ryanc

1. No climate change, because everything is electric, powered by ingenious renewable energy sources

2. No wars, because all nations are focused on peacemaking

3. No billionaires, because they are taxed out of existence.

Hmm... In theory, we wouldn't even *need* a genie to accomplish these things, just willpower.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116601756505358073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116601756505358073Tue, 19 May 2026 14:40:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 14:12:42 GMT]]>@lifewithtrees

That was the last reply I expected.

I see happiness no more than the ability to be happy with what one has. Unhappiness is wanting what you haven't got or resenting what's been taken away.

I don't know whether grieving is the only way to deal with bereavement. It's just what has become the norm. I have seen evidence of cultures where people mourn by partying and celebrating all that they've lost.

Imagine being able to readily accept that someone has passed.

@ryanc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DziadekMick/statuses/116601648768285367https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DziadekMick/statuses/116601648768285367Tue, 19 May 2026 14:12:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 12:16:44 GMT]]>@jwz What if they don't want the wisher to suffer, specifically, but to punish greed and other selfishness, and are normally provided an outlet by wishers?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116601192732483014https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116601192732483014Tue, 19 May 2026 12:16:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:22:50 GMT]]>@ryanc
Seems a clear statement of classic Djinn / Genie interaction.
😆

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116600980819562822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116600980819562822Tue, 19 May 2026 11:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:13:22 GMT]]>@ryanc I ask the genie if rules 1 and 3 would prevent me from wishing for a large amount of money to be donated to the Make A Wish Foundation

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bamboombibbitybop/statuses/116600943589834462https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bamboombibbitybop/statuses/116600943589834462Tue, 19 May 2026 11:13:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:58:07 GMT]]>@DziadekMick @ryanc happy all the time wouldn’t be living.

I imagine being unable to grieve losing someone important to me….

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/116600883634879372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/116600883634879372Tue, 19 May 2026 10:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:12:05 GMT]]>@ryanc 😤 but you can’t wish for anything then!
Even wishing for wealth or health could be viewed as giving abilities that will allow you to fulfill something in the future that would be a wish today…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115739395750734961/statuses/116600702607044883https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115739395750734961/statuses/116600702607044883Tue, 19 May 2026 10:12:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:56:15 GMT]]>@ju "interpretation of any ambiguities at the discretion of the genie" - wishing for the ability to grant wishes definitely counts as allocation of additional wishes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116600640308768421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116600640308768421Tue, 19 May 2026 09:56:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:54:23 GMT]]>@ryanc I see we're still dealing with the "genies want you to suffer" loophole.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116600633003983865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/116600633003983865Tue, 19 May 2026 09:54:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:52:14 GMT]]>@ryanc

The genie issue is simple, over complicated by us.

Genie offers you three wishes. But you only need one. Wish to be happy all of the time. It’s not about things. It’s about you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DziadekMick/statuses/116600624556721338https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DziadekMick/statuses/116600624556721338Tue, 19 May 2026 09:52:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:51:07 GMT]]>@ryanc “A wish may not result in the allocation of additional wishes”, is that to be understood as wishes to be acted upon by said genie?
If so, I wish for the unconstrained and unlimited ability to grant wishes for myself and others!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115739395750734961/statuses/116600620160724216https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115739395750734961/statuses/116600620160724216Tue, 19 May 2026 09:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A genie appears, and tells you have three wishes subject to the following three laws: on Tue, 19 May 2026 08:52:05 GMT]]>@ryanc That... actually makes things a lot easier. Wish for things that happen all the time anyway, like having your lottery numbers come in when there's a really big jackpot. No ambiguity, and the obligatory ironic consequences are well understood and can be planned for in advance!

Edit: On second thought, this applies equally to *any* genie wish situation. I've added nothing to this conversation. Damn.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/users/uastronomer/statuses/116600388022784074https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/users/uastronomer/statuses/116600388022784074Tue, 19 May 2026 08:52:05 GMT