... particularly when we had done something wrong. And who hasn’t desired to be able to fly like Superman? So, which would you choose, and what would you do with your newfound powers? Would you be a superhero or would you be super‑selfish? What John Hodgman found surprised him. No matter which power the people he talked to chose, they confessed that they would use their newly discovered powers in purely self‑serving ways. Their plans weren’t heroic at all. No one wanted to use their powers, say, to put ...
