WHAT’S IN A WISH?
“IF wishes were horses, then beggars would ride” is a popular saying, so, given that billions of people make wishes every day, why aren’t there more horseback riders? And don’t just say, there’s a shortage of horses. According to that fount of information, Wikipedia, “a wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices…In fiction a wish is a supernatural demand placed on the recipient’s unlimited request [list]. When it is the center of a tale, the wish is usually a template for a morality tale…” Okay, so let’s examine this in a bit more detail.
First, a wish, in my book(s) is a need, want, hope or desire. I say need because, in my opin, more wishes come from need than hope or desire, given the estimated 4.6 billion people (making up roughly 60 percent of the planet’s population) who are living on less than $US 10 per day and not thriving, and around 735 million people are living in extreme poverty on less than $US 1 per day. This is in contradistinction to the reported 56 million millionaires globally in 2021 with a total net worth of $US 192 trillion, who make up about 1% of the population. It’s not hard to extrapolate the number of “need” wishers verses the number of “desire” wishers. “Want” and “Hope” wishes probably exceed “need” wishes, but are arguably less important.
Looking more closely at the estimated 4.6 billion people with “need” wishes — one could loosely call these people “impoverished” — according to again, that pinnacle of truth, Wikipedia, “poverty is the state of not having enough material possessions or income for a person’s basic needs” and “can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.” So what kind of “need” wishes are floating about the universe and, hey, does it make any difference really?
Published in 2018 in Science, a paper “describes an online experiment in which researchers sought to determine what percentage of total population a minority needs to reach the critical mass necessary to reverse a majority viewpoint. The tipping point, they found, is just 25 percent. At and slightly above that level, contrarians were able to “convert” anywhere from 72 to 100 percent of the population of their respective groups. Prior to the efforts of the minority, the population had been in 100 percent agreement about their original position (https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...)”. Hummm. So wishes CAN make a huge difference, be they from need, want, hope or desire, one of many surprising issues that appears in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor. Be careful what you wish for, and grab a copy of THE EDGE OF MADNESS, now on sale through Thanksgiving! So beggars CAN ride after all!
The Edge of Madness
Available in printed, digital and audiobook formats. An Amazon genre bestseller purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
First, a wish, in my book(s) is a need, want, hope or desire. I say need because, in my opin, more wishes come from need than hope or desire, given the estimated 4.6 billion people (making up roughly 60 percent of the planet’s population) who are living on less than $US 10 per day and not thriving, and around 735 million people are living in extreme poverty on less than $US 1 per day. This is in contradistinction to the reported 56 million millionaires globally in 2021 with a total net worth of $US 192 trillion, who make up about 1% of the population. It’s not hard to extrapolate the number of “need” wishers verses the number of “desire” wishers. “Want” and “Hope” wishes probably exceed “need” wishes, but are arguably less important.
Looking more closely at the estimated 4.6 billion people with “need” wishes — one could loosely call these people “impoverished” — according to again, that pinnacle of truth, Wikipedia, “poverty is the state of not having enough material possessions or income for a person’s basic needs” and “can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.” So what kind of “need” wishes are floating about the universe and, hey, does it make any difference really?
Published in 2018 in Science, a paper “describes an online experiment in which researchers sought to determine what percentage of total population a minority needs to reach the critical mass necessary to reverse a majority viewpoint. The tipping point, they found, is just 25 percent. At and slightly above that level, contrarians were able to “convert” anywhere from 72 to 100 percent of the population of their respective groups. Prior to the efforts of the minority, the population had been in 100 percent agreement about their original position (https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...)”. Hummm. So wishes CAN make a huge difference, be they from need, want, hope or desire, one of many surprising issues that appears in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor. Be careful what you wish for, and grab a copy of THE EDGE OF MADNESS, now on sale through Thanksgiving! So beggars CAN ride after all!
The Edge of Madness
Available in printed, digital and audiobook formats. An Amazon genre bestseller purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
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