Asking what you "should wish for" still requires you to specify what you're trying to maximize.
Can you explain why? Why couldn't that be exactly what I'm asking for?
"Should" implies a goal according to some set of values. Since the genie is mischievous, it might e.g. tell you what you should ask for so as to make the consequences maximally amusing to the genie.
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