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If you had it to do all over again, knowing what would happen, would you make the same choice?
— Mike McDermott • Rounders
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The question adds knowledge of the outcome to an imagined chance to repeat a decision. It separates what someone chose then from what they might choose with hindsight. By leaving the answer open, it allows the same result to be either regretted or accepted again.
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