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“We’ll always have Paris” “Here’s looking at you kid.” “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Michael Curtiz and premiered in 1942, Casablanca tells the tale of two lovers reuniting after being apart for years in the backdrop of World War 2. This movie stars Humphrey…
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“How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.” – stage directions by Tennessee Williams (p. xxi) Written by Tennessee Williams in 1944, The Glass Menagerie tells the story of the three people who comprise a small family in St. Louis, Missouri. Through the lens and memory of Tom Wingfield, the adult son,…
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“The robot misconception is related to the myth that machines can’t control humans. Intelligence enables control: humans control tigers not because we’re stronger, but because we’re smarter.” Synopsis and Recommendation Written by MIT professor, physicist, and machine-learning researcher Max Tegmark, “Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence ” (2017) . This book…
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“. . .when you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night—there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.” – Professor Roger Mifflin…