and the Unfortunate Quantum Cookie Stories of Statistical Happiness
Long time ago in the center of the galaxy, where the Great Civilization of the Builders lived, the Two Great Engineers reached the pinnacle of their civilization’s knowledge. They came together one day, and debated upon their next planned endeavor, hoping to achieve ever more success.
The First Engineer began by asking, “What do you think our people really want? We should design a machine that can give our people what they really want.”
The Second replied, “I think it depends on the person. Everyone wants something different than others.”
The First thought about it, “Then, I think we should build a machine that can give Anything the people asked for. Anything they want, the machine can make it and give it to them.”
“Anything? Food? Clothing? Money?”
“Yes, anything. We have the technology, we can build the machine.”
“How do we control the machine?”
“The machine would have 1 button. When a person presses the button, the machine reads the mind of the person via telepathy and then build what they desired.”