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What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?
— Phil Connors · Groundhog Day
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An editorial interpretation.
The question imagines a life with no change and no lasting effect from anything you do. It asks what could still motivate someone under those conditions. Repetition becomes more than boredom here: it threatens the feeling that choices make any difference at all.
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