Star-Pool

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Star-Pool

"Do you ever want to get out here?" "You know there isn't a way out of here. This is all the here there is." "But do you ever want to?" "...I suppose." "Everything is too easy, don't you think?" "Isn't that what humanity has been striving for since the beginning? To invent, to make things easier?" "We took it too far. We removed the work entirely. It seems like removing the work should motivate us even more, but it doesn't feel that way. Nothing feels motivating anymore." "Not even love?" He fell silent. He didn't know how to answer. It was true, though, he'd been mulling this over for awhile. Even love felt dull. He could be nothing