What superpower would you like to have?
Hi,
during a conference today with a customer, the discussion somehow to a more personal level. The customer has also a lot of issues due to the current situation, with a lot of people in short-time work and all the issues coming with it. We shifted from problems to solutions and from solutions to superpower.
He bluntly asked me, what would be my superpower of choice. I said immortality. That would give the whole life a new approach. He did not expect this answer. He asked for a second one as the one is to complex to discuss. I said that is tough as I have rather invisibility or mind-control/-reading.
He said that he would choose invisibility also and that I was the first person to mention it. Regarding the mind-control he said that it is more a villainous superpower. I still would take it, as I don't mind about morality when it comes to superpowers.
My customer also told me that most people would like flying. Maybe this is induced to us since we are little, that flying helps us reach a higher goal. I like invisibility. I can be in places where people don't see me. Imagine only the possibilities. I will not go into mind-control or immortality, as this are the supersuperpowers. Almost every superpower can be dangerous, also it can be fun to have one.
What would be the superpower of your choice?
I would love to be able to turn back time. Only a few minutes would be enough. 😄
100% Teleportation or Flying. You could do so much with both of these. Teleportation would be fantastic as you could be anywhere at any time and no time wasted.
To make people accept reality. :)
I've always thought about immortality. I always read about it. I also really wish I could have it. I mean, maybe with a turn off button, you know? Like, maybe just not-aging.
I'd also like to not forget as much. Too many times I talk to someone who knows me and I don't know what to tell them. "Sorry, I know we probably met, but I don't have any idea who you are." It's terrible because it has forced me to understand that we see people differently than they see us, that someone whom we appreciate might just think of us as mere acquaintances.
Overall, I'd like to solve the whole fragility-of-humanity issue for myself. Stronger, faster, better memory, longer life, better genes. The usual, I guess. I think all superpowers stem from this insecurity brought to us by our realisation that we are more tied to rules than our fantasies.
About mind control, I don't know if I'd want that. I mean, if it's offered, I'll take it 😂 but otherwise, it feels like a bit of a cheat for me. I'm already a "persuader" by choice, I like to talk people into certain mindframes, but if I could just do it magically, wouldn't I lose the charm? Perhaps I'd keep wishing for more, or perhaps the world would simply bow at my feet and I would wonder what the next challenge is.
Every time I play a game with cheats, I lose interest and play something else. Happened with Skyrim, Age of Empires, Minecraft, and so many others.
However, there is one game where limited cheats have increased my interest, and that is Dofus. There is a Beta where we can try stuff, like, there's a cheap shop to buy all the expensive equipment, to change class and have different powers, and it gives me the challenge to be able to solve the same fights/duels with different spells. But in the end, there, I sacrifice a set of limitations for another, it's not like I simply remove them. Life being like a game for me, I like to test my limits all the time and have fun with it.
Here's a fun one to have: ability to temporarily shrink someone to the size of an ant. It would serve well when certain egos inflate beyond control.
Interesting question - for me this is simple to answer: To be able to turning back time...