With absolute wisdom one could acquire absolute wealth.

Wealth.

Wisdom cannot be shared as easily as wealth. And furthermore, I'm fairly certain absolute wisdom would be miserable. Imagine knowing all these things and not even be able to communicate them to other people because they wouldn't even have the foundation of knowledge to comprehend anything on a deeper scale. You'd have to teach people things constantly to be able to discuss what you know completely, and I imagine it'd be very difficult for other people to keep up with your intellect. People would be intimidated.

Or worse yet, imagine you pick wisdom and even with absolute wisdom you discover there is no cure for cancer, the cold, or no answer to why mankind exists. How completely depressing would that be? The most intelligent people always seem to be the most depressed. I'd rather not be miserable.

If I was the wealthiest person on earth, I could donate money to charities, or pick poor families at random and completely pay all their bills and things for a whole year. I could invest some of it, and get rid of the majority of it spread out among many people so I wouldn't be the target for murder or greedy people wanting handouts. I don't necessarily value wealth over knowledge, but I know which would probably be fun to have more of. The best part of becoming intelligent and wise is the experience and studying, not the sudden, unearned award of wisdom and knowledge. Becoming wealthy involves lots of hard, demanding work, or a lot of luck. Or both.

Plus, I'd really just like to buy a roller coaster to put in my backyard. And a giant pool that has dolphins in it.

There's an old joke that goes:

A guy lets a genie out of a bottle, and the genie give him one wish, which is to have all the money in the world, or all the wisdom in the world, and so he takes wisdom. He's standing there, looking at the world around him, and he goes, "Darn, I should have taken the money".

Given the way humans have organized their way of sharing occupancy of this planet, you're better off going for the money. Think about how many cone-headed jerks you know who get away with murder because they're rich.

However, if you believe that some day a super-being like Jesus, or Krishna, or Bahaulah, or Zorastor is going to come back to earth, take over, and bring back to life all the good people, then it's better to be wise, because that's who will get all the good jobs.

It's a bird-in-the-hand being worth two-in-the-bush situation.

For sure, if you have money, you'll do better in the here-and-now, but maybe, if there's an afterlife, then it will be better to have wisdom.

Go with what you know for sure and take the money, or gamble that there's an afterlife in eternity with Jesus, in which case you'll be happier in the long run to have the wisdom... it's your call.

I would chose wisdom....wisdom can make you wealthy and I'd rather not be categorized as greedy by chosing the money.

I choose wealth, I can do more for other people if i have absolute wealth, I used it to build schools and hospitals used my richness to help as much people as possible in every way. I would hire somebody with great wisdom to guide me with my investment.

Both are a great responsibility. I would not want absolute wisdom, some ignorance can be bliss. While money might not be the root of all evil, certainly “’mo money, ‘mo problems” is true. I do wish I had enough money that I never had to think about it again. Being the wealthiest person on earth would not accomplish that. Neither.

I would want the wisdom. I believe you can use your wisdom to bring in money . Once you have proven your wisdom, y\Y ou will be wise enough to see how you can make your life better financially. It is a win win situation. If you do it in the corret order.