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[Graknorke]

That's why it's a measure, not a sum.

Yet not a perfectly direct measure, so it could be possible that whatever process is followed to get the HDI is changed.

Culise probably understands how it works better than me so I'll say that's a possibility too.

[bahihs]

Increase the number of people that have this power in the world by 1%. It might backfire, but it should be interesting nonetheless.

[Cthulhu]

Decrease the strong nuclear force by 1%

#yolo

[LordBucket]

six months with this power and you've solved pretty much all of humanity's biggest problems

Or exterminated the human race, and possibly all life in the entire universe too, depending on who in this thread had the superpower.

[Itnetlolor]

Decrease molecular stability of all materials by 1%. Have fun slowly melting.

[Eric Blank]

Increase the average lifespan of human beings by 1% per day, compounded daily.

[SirQuiamus]

Decrease number of humans that are not me by 1%. It may be gruesome, but it would be a fairly straightforward way of solving most environmental issues.

The jerk-ass genie might interpret that as "decrease percentage of humans that are not me," and suddenly there would be a lot more of you.

[scrdest]

Decrease number of humans that are not me by 1%. It may be gruesome, but it would be a fairly straightforward way of solving most environmental issues.

The jerk-ass genie might interpret that as "decrease percentage of humans that are not me," and suddenly there would be a lot more of you.

It doesn't even need reinterpretation, it's a completely valid way of solving the request with the phrasing. The analogous increase request would be 'increase the number of humans that are me by 1%'.

[flabort]

Build a nuclear reactor that uses less than 1% of it's fuel per week, then "increase the fuel in this reactor by 1%", alternating with "increase the fuel capacity of this reactor by 1%" and "increase the safety rating of this reactor by 1%".

In less than a year you'll  have doubled it's energy output, and it won't ever use up any fuel if you keep up the first command.

"decrease the time between uses of this power by 1%" would also be useful. After a month you can make two 1% wishes a day.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

What do you do with all it's waste?

[Graknorke]

Change the first command to "decrease the proportion of the [MASS] of fuel in the reactor that has already reacted".
I can't see any loopholes in there anyway.

[flabort]

Eject it into space?

But to solve real problems,
Decrease the number of drug adicts by 1%
Decrease the availability of drugs by 1%
Decrease the number of fatalities per day by 1%
Increase the space inhabitable by humans in the next five ten years by 1% (to solve overpopulation; since space colonies are about to start, this won't erase oceans.)
Decrease the waste created in nuclear reactions by 1%

[Graknorke]

Decrease availability of drugs eh?

Also to counteract the fatalities one you may also want to decrease birth rates, otherwise you get a population that is increasing faster than we can really deal with.

[Eric Blank]

Increase production of rocket fuels by 1%
Increase energy density of rocket fuels by 1%
Increase each space programs' budgets by 1%
Increase efficiency of lightweight radiation/heat shielding materials by 1%
Increase radiation shielding offered by martian atmosphere by 1%
Convert 1% of CO2 in martian atmosphere into 02 (drop the carbon in the soil as part of a chemically inert compound. Whatevs mate)

[scrdest]

Decrease the number of drug adicts by 1%

You have now caused a genocide.