Current Events > 10 million dollars or an end to disease/end of famine/humans become able to fly

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ten million dollarydoos

or one of the following

disease: humanity discovers a simple, extremely cheap and non-resource limited cure for any kind of sickness, illness or disease within the next 5 years. it won't prolong a natural, illness-free human lifespan by much, but it will obviously make life a lot more comfortable for everyone. you don't get to influence how or where it's discovered or if information about the cure is ever publicized, but it definitely happens, you just won't know where or how

famine: through various technologies, humanity might become able to produce an infinite amount of food from practically nothing within the next 10 years. you could pop out an uncooked grain of rice or a full 5-course meal with the press of a button. it can only be used for food and nothing else. the advancement process of these technologies over that 10 years is global, and unless many, many countries work together for no ulterior motive or personal gain, the technology will not come to fruition

flying: humanity starts undergoing a rapid, mysterious evolution and 5 years from now, the first human capable of autonomous flight is born. the change does not happen overnight, however, and over the course of those 5 years, the amount of disfigured babies born with different types of extra limbs and mental and physical disabilities grows exponentially. the phenomenon is global, and is first thought to be a (somehow) contagious genetic defect. the people who were born before and during these 5 years have no means of becoming able to fly on their own

Flight.

Imagine the border with mexico XD
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money

there are already enough of us and I don't see how other people being able to fly does me any good.
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Every one of those contains an element of uncertainty. Except the money. So money.
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Money.

Discovering a miracle cure doesn't mean it will be distributed.
Same with the famine one.
And as cool as flight would be, it only affects future people, I couldn't fly.
So yeah, show me the money.
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Money
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Money. You gave the other options too many downsides. Like if it was a simple end to disease/famine/people can instantly fly, then that would be a harder choice. But as it is...

- Disease cure might be discovered by some douche who keeps it to himself or only sells it at a super jacked up price that practically no one can afford.

- Famine one might not even happen. And "many, many" countries working together for no personal gain is highly unlikely. At the very least they're going to be doing it to seem like good guys in front of the rest of the world, and that's still technically for their own gain.

- And disfigured and mentally and physically disabled babies growing exponentially is just cruel. Plus I wouldn't be able to fly :<

So yeah. Money.
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Money
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Came in to vote disease, but after reading through the downsides will stick to the money option.
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Disease panacea is the best option for the world but if flight worked for me I would have chosen it.
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