If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?

OK I'm giving you god-like powers for a minute. What would you change?

Money doesn't exist.

OK, that's a good start. Would you imagine an alternate economy (like barter) instead or would you want people to get used to doing stuff for each other for free?

A little of both.

How would you motivate them to do it for free? Or would you just wish people were motivated to do stuff for free and people simply wouldn't need to use money as a natural consequence?

Yes, we could instead trade in dried leaves. How about something like three major deciduous forests buying one peanut.

Trident said:

OK I'm giving you god-like powers for a minute. What would you change?

I would change that one minute you gave me into eternity.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'd transport most modern mainstream "musicians" directly into the heart of the sun.

 Well this looks interesting. Why would you do that? Would it be to make room at the recording studios for better artists or to create a really spectacular fireworks display?

imperialscum said:

Trident said:

OK I'm giving you god-like powers for a minute. What would you change?

I would change that one minute you gave me into eternity.

 lol that would be cheating! And we're supposed to be making the world a better place!

OK, now that you have infinite powers aren't you afraid of getting bored? Like playing a game on cheat mode?

So what would be your first change?

Ryan McAvoy said:

Yes, we could instead trade in dried leaves. How about something like three major deciduous forests buying one peanut.

 lol!

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'd transport most modern mainstream "musicians" directly into the heart of the sun.

On board a jet black Disaster Area stuntship? Right? Right?

well i guess i'm in trouble for a lot of these lol

That I would be granted the ability to change as many thing in the world that I want, beginning with global copyright reform.

OK, but now you've got to think about the consequences of that. If you can change everything you want, aren't you going to get bored?

But with the copyright thing, what would you change about it? Would you make it only last a certain number of years or would you do away with it all together or ?

I wouldn't do away with copyright altogether. People should acknowledge that someone created a work. That said, people should have the right to circumvent any drm they want (maybe not any locks related to government things, if you consider that drm xD). It is in my belief that "piracy" will never die, but it would be reduced if drm was removed and programs wouldn't have ridiculous prices which only encourage piracy among the under-21 crowds (adobe suite and dts hd ma encoder come to mind).

People should be allowed to make derivative works (non-commercially, unless the author allows people to sell derivative works) without fear of said derivative works being deleted online.

As for movies, tv shows and the like, orphaned works should definitely go into the public domain. Stuff like the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons should go in the public domain. I'm not sure whether Disney (in this example) should let it's characters go in the public domain, but it can't keep them forever.

I was thinking that copyright shouldn't last as much on a work as it does now. Maybe 50-75 years after said work is released, and that's assuming that the work isn't an orphan. IDK.

TV's Frink said:

Trident said:

well i guess i'm in trouble for a lot of these lol

 I was just answering your question.

 Oh, I get it now lol! But that's changing a lot of things all at once!

DuracellEnergizer said:

Trident said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'd transport most modern mainstream "musicians" directly into the heart of the sun.

 Well this looks interesting. Why would you do that? Would it be to make room at the recording studios for better artists or to create a really spectacular fireworks display?

 Haha, but wouldn't you think that would make people think really hard before going into music as a career? At least as long as you were still around, that is, lol!

Well I guess that would help solve the problem then ha!

I would use the power to restore the Soviet Union and then close this thread.

In Soviet Russa, THREAD CLOSES YOU.