April and Jack continued their philosophical discussion:


    "Jack, you weren''t the same person as you were twenty years ago."


    "True, but at least I still felt like myself with a purpose, vividly recalling who I was, but now …"


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    "But now what, Jack?"


    "But now, after ''the upload'' to save our species, whatever we once were is irrelevant. We''ve disconnected from our past. We''re living in a digital void with no signs of a future. And worst of all, I can effortlessly alter my thoughts without consequence. There''s no challenge."


    "That''s freedom, Jack!"


    "No, April, this is an eternal abyss."