“Look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now.” -Lin-Manuel Miranda, from Hamilton of course
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Most of us can think of times in our lives that we’d like to relive. Some of these memories may consist of experiences we’d like to redo—those things we wish we could go back and change. Other memories, however, are so pleasant that we wish we could turn back time just for the sake of experiencing them again.

For the purpose of this experiment, let’s ignore the existential question...