Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world?message-squaremessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down19
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareThe magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world?Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squareillectrility@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWouldn’t work. If there’s so many diamonds, they’d just kind of lose their value. Also, who are you gonna sell them to, if everyone has them? Although it could kind of be a new currency that excludes the rich, making their wealth at least a little useless. I fully agree on the premise, but I think it needs refining.
minus-squareTheBananaKing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t plan to use them for wealth, it’s just a nice stable form of carbon that’s sharp and heavy.
minus-squareMrZee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoAgreed, but looking in the bright side: it would kill the diamond industry, which is a fucking awful blight on the world :)
Wouldn’t work. If there’s so many diamonds, they’d just kind of lose their value. Also, who are you gonna sell them to, if everyone has them?
Although it could kind of be a new currency that excludes the rich, making their wealth at least a little useless.
I fully agree on the premise, but I think it needs refining.
I don’t plan to use them for wealth, it’s just a nice stable form of carbon that’s sharp and heavy.
Agreed, but looking in the bright side: it would kill the diamond industry, which is a fucking awful blight on the world :)