Valuable: Time. Friendship. Backups. Moore's law. Coffee.

Unwanted: Excess red tape. Non-deterministic bugs. Win32. IE. Reality TV. Murphy's law.

I'll be materialistic in my response, because love and all that jazz obviously are up there.

I want things that do what I want them to do. For four years that meant the Mac I have now. Now that I've got it, I'll be content for years and years.

I want stuff that changes how I look at the world. That means music, books, movies, but all stuff that changes me as I consume it.

I want people who are able to tolerate me and who I in turn can tolerate because we have similar values and standards.

I want out of my life the things that don't matter to me. Right now that means a lot of my classwork in college, which is the stuff that's teaching me the least. In the future... who knows? There'll probably always be something. Hopefully there will be less every year of my life.

Opportunities for eager learners to more faster without being hobbled by the school system.

http://learninfreedom.org/

A woman's love <3

Ok, I'll play devil's advocate.

Money.

Not so much to spend it on stuff, but rather the freedom that money buys in today's society.

You know, most of the freedom money gives you is the freedom to buy stuff.

It is also the freedom to: live wherever you want, do most of the things you want to do, go wherever you want, and (most importantly for me) the freedom to not have to spend most of your time at somebody else's whim.

But that's all because money pays for the stuff.

(I think I'm being stupidly obvious right now, so I'll apologize: I thought the OP was referring to the social impact that people knowing you've got money has, and I don't think that's actually what he meant.

You write that like "buying stuff" is a bad thing.

It isn't. Stuff makes things possible.

Entirely agreed! I was confused by his post, which said:

Not so much to spend it on stuff, but rather the freedom that money buys in today's society.

And I was arguing that the freedom money buys is the freedom to spend money on stuff.

at least that which needs stuff.

Freedom to do nothing.

Everything else comes from that.

More time. Thanks a lot.

to stay healthy. everything else is minor in comparison.

What about happiness? I'd rather be dying and happy than eternally healthy and not.

(You could be including happiness in healthiness.)

something like that

(In no particular order)

Want: Artificial Intelligence, Seamless integration between tech and humans, Technological innovation, Good health, Time, Love, Friends, Good books, Good movies

Do Not Want: Death, Extremists, Bad movies, Bad friends, Bad books

I always remember what my mother once told me: "Son, whatever you do in life, treasure your family and friends. Don't do things I wouldn't be proud of and always remember- health is greater than wealth."

Money and health.

Just about every problem I have right now (and for the foreseeable future) can be solved by the judicious application of money. Health can be improved by money, but not guaranteed by it.

Love and friends are also important, but I already have that.

My supergoal: Get everyone to the top of Maslow's hierarchy. Forever.

I want to experience innovation without advertisements.

if you have not noticed yet, HN is pretty heavy on the entrepreneurial spirit. That is to say we generally accept the constructs of Capitalism.

If you do not like advertisements, develop a better system that gives companies a good incentive for offering products and services to consumers AT NO COST.

A futon and a few kettlebells for the office. A power nap and a quick 15 minute workout can do wonderful things for productivity.

What I want: Time (I wish I could live forever) and Happiness.

Striving for it by: Friendship, Family, Health, Savings, Entertainment

want : time to go surfing, rock climbing, meeting friends at the bar.

do not want : development (but that's the only thing I feel good at :( ), redtape, trying to sell stuff, trying to sell myself.

i want to make an impact on other people's lives, like creating a popular product or teaching them how to do things in right ways.

Health and useful work that brings enjoyment.

Things (material): Rocio Romero LV. Vintage Schwimm. Vintage typewriter.

Valuable in no particular order:

Coffee and/or coca cola. Boyfriend. Any book by Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Sue Blackmore, Peter Atkins, Stephen Hawking. Any psychological horror film like 'Session 9' or 'In the Mouth of Madness'. Formerly camels, now e-cigs for nicotine. CNN. C. Cygwin. Textpad.

Things-to-be-endured:

Diet coke. Boyfriend's spending habits. Any book positing emergent, or anti-reductionist views of any sort. Mindless slashers like 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. Nicotine gum that doesn't do squat. Fox News. Java. DOS prompt. Ultra-edit.

Huh. When you find just one name you don't know in a list, you know you found something interesting :) Thanks. (it was Susan Blackmore).

World peace