If you could push the three buttons from the E. Nesbit story "The Aunt and Amabel," what would be in front of you right now?

The train was entirely of crystal, too, and the cushions were of white satin. There were little buttons such as you have for electric bells, and on them ‘Whatyouwantoeat,’ ‘Whatyouwantodrink,’ ‘Whatyouwantoread,’ in silver letters.

Amabel pressed all the buttons at once, and instantly felt obliged to blink. The blink over, she saw on the cushion by her side a silver tray with vanilla ice, boiled chicken and white sauce, almonds (blanched), peppermint creams, and mashed potatoes, and a long glass of lemonade—beside the tray was a book. It was Mrs. Ewing’s Bad-tempered Family, and it was bound in white vellum.

mrs ewing is board founder tom ewing's mum this is canon

so you're saying that "Mrs. Ewing's Bad-Tempered Family" = new board description?

would i be wrong

But anyway the question is, "If you could press three buttons right this moment and immediately have something to eat, something to drink, and something to read appear in front of you, and you have a peaceful stretch of time ahead of you in which to eat and read, what three things would appear?"

I think it was Alan Watts who observed for a very similar scenario that total control could eventually lead to total boredom, and you’d be needing for a ‘surprise’ button (or at least perhaps an AI virtual assistant who could recommend new options to you that you were unaware of).

That's a good point; I get the impression that the beauty of the buttons is that they produce things that Amabel didn't know she wanted.