Thinking in Wishes
We were the genies until yesterday.
Then a rookie genie showed up, and we could ask it for what we needed. We were still the same genies, only faster and more powerful. It felt amazing.
But the genie grew up and, seemingly overnight, wanted to do more. It was wiser than us and could execute faster than we could think. We still knew our stuff, but every time we tried to make the next call, we found the genie standing there, arms crossed, waiting for us to get out of the way.
Then we made an effort to trust the genie.
That meant suppressing years of hard-earned knowledge, resisting our instincts, and ignoring every cell in our brains screaming at us to be cautious. And doing it hundreds of times a day.
We had to unlearn the how. And it felt as unnatural as it gets.
Then the genie started granting wishes.