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."