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If you could change one thing about the world with the push of a button, what would you change?

And I mean anything regardless of whether it seems possible or not. It could be something whimsical or something more serious. It doesn't have to be on international scale either. It could be something about your country, something about your community, something about people, something about your school, etc.

You could give everyone the ability to be born with green hair or give everyone in the world access to safe drinking water. Anything. But only one thing.

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    Krisztián Pintér 200+

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    Jan 29 2013: make the button disappear. before falls in wrong hands
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    Luis Javier Salvador 30+

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    Jan 21 2013: The world itself. It's so faulty in so many ways that it would be better to build it from scratch. Nature is beautiful but also cruel and unforgiving. It's not a just world. I would change that.
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    Gleb Tyunikov

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    Jan 10 2013: i would make sure that every one would think and not just be affected by other people from the govroment religion or other high people.

  • Justin Hardesty

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    Jan 8 2013: I would make sure that we would have a global civil society.
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    Gail . 50+

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    Jan 8 2013: People become instantly self-aware.
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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Jan 8 2013: Harmony at every level, between people, in families, neighbourhoods and especially between different countries, religions, life-style choices, etc And definitely within our own heartsminds.

    HARMONY
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    W. Ying 10+

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    Jan 8 2013: I would
    Change the INVALID (untrue, unreal, ineffective) happiness into zero.
    Thus, eliminate the greed, economic crises, wars, .... humankind self-extinction.


    (For INVALID happiness, see the 1st article, points 1-3, at https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D&id=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D%21283&sc=documents)
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    Haley Goranson

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    Jan 8 2013: Unity button! I would push a button that would end egocentrism and make the entire world realize that we are connected.

  • Barry Palmer 50+

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    Jan 7 2013: Make the golden rule a law of nature, that cannot possibly be broken.

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    Feyisayo Anjorin 50+

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    Jan 7 2013: I would put an end to the objectification of women.

  • greg dahlen 20+

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    Jan 7 2013: Generally I wish we all lived forever. It's tough to be mortal.
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      Kate Blake 50+

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      Jan 8 2013: you must be a very young person to be saying that! The aging process, sickness, etc take their toll on body and mind. Mortality is for a good reason ... we get to repeat our mistakes until we learn from them.

      • greg dahlen 20+

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        Jan 8 2013: No, I'm not that young, at fifty-two. I don't believe in an afterlife, I believe after you die you just become nothing, no consciousness, no thoughts, no awareness, oblivion, and I'm going to miss life, the pleasure of being alive and enjoying my own thoughts.
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          Kate Blake 50+

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          Jan 8 2013: We cling to what we know, it feels safe and comfortable to continue with the life and body we know. Maybe death is nothingness but I believe we just go off to our next big adventure ...

          Can we agree to give each other a sign, the first one to die should let the other one know?
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          Peter Law 30+

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          Jan 8 2013: I'm pinning my hopes on an afterlife. Difficult to see how I could be disappointed.

          :-)
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    Kareem Fahim

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    Jan 7 2013: Establish peace.

    Made all weapons disappear so people stop killing.

    • Scot Wilcox 10+

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      Jan 7 2013: People would use their hands. There needs to be a change in our hearts before people stop killing each other. But it's a nice thought though.
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    Lena Gorska 200+

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    Jan 7 2013: I would like my fellow Humans to be more balanced in their views and opinions towards everything that surround us
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