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#1 The IBM team that designed Deep Blue made the brilliant decision to design the machine to appear more uncertain than it was. During the six-game match, the machine would occasionally hold off from declaring its move for several minutes. From Kasparov's end of the table, the delays made it look as if the machine was struggling.
#2 The story of Deep Blue defeating the...
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Get the Summary of Stormy Daniels's Full Disclosure in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In this book, Stormy Daniels tells her whole story for the first time: what it's like to be a leading actress and director in the adult film business, the full truth about her journey from a rough childhood in Louisiana onto the national stage, and everything about her interaction with Donald Trump...
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#1 Selena and I had always been friendly around each other, but professional. I had joined her band a year before, and we had traveled to Mexico together. I had noticed that Selena was lively and outgoing, while I was quiet and observant.
#2 I began to notice Selena's physical presence, her body tempting me even though she always wore cover-ups over her bikini. I tried...
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#1 The Japanese researchers found that the attractive ATMs were easier to use. This was surprising, as Israelis are action-oriented and don't care about beauty. But the results were replicated in Israel, and they were even stronger there than in Japan.
#2 Emotions, and in particular positive emotions, are critical to learning, curiosity, and creative thought. When people...
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#1 I wanted to teach other rappers how to rhyme, so I wrote a song called How to Emcee in 2009. It explained how to mix words, and it had a sarcastic flow. I was having fun with the syllables.
#2 I consider wordplay to be playing drums with words. I will take multi-syllable words and place them in a certain order to make them sound different, or I will move words up...
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#1 My father, Ralph Everett Dudley, was born in 1955. He went by a lot of aliases, including Gucci Mane, because his father, George Dudley, had always loved fancy clothes. He had spent time in Italy during his years in the military, and fell in love with the Gucci brand.
#2 My father, James Mane, was a hustler and an alley cat. He was always ahead of his time, and I...
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#1 The last time Pink Floyd got into trouble with a politician was in the 1980s, when their song Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 featured a choir of London inner city schoolchildren shouting a chorus of We don't need no education. In 2005, Live 8 was held to raise awareness about Third World deprivation and to urge world leaders to tackle the issue of poverty.
#2 The...
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Get the Summary of Carlo M. Cipolla's The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world's most powerful boardrooms to your local bar.
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Get the Summary of Walter Isaacson's Leonardo da Vinci in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: The author of the acclaimed best sellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius.
Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But, in his own mind,...
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Get the Summary of Mo Rocca's Mobituaries in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his number one hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries,...
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#1 I grew up in El Cerrito, California, before rapid transit. I was a little kid who could walk around by himself, head over to the market with a nickel in his pocket, and buy an apple. I remember going over to talk to the butcher to get bones for my dog.
#2 I had a close connection with my community as a child. I loved going to the drugstore near my house, where I would...
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#1 I used to come out to Colorado to hike and explore, but in the year of the pandemic I mostly stayed close to home. I moved back to this part of Colorado as a single father with two kids, and I was excited to see some rock art.
#2 I would go to the petroglyphs every season, snow-swept and rippled in summer heat. I would take my joys and sadnesses to them, or talk about...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's The Best of Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: But if all you expect to find in Sedaris's work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery, more fellow-feeling than derision. Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. In...
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#1 Levon Helm, the drummer, was born in 1940 in the Arkansas Delta. He recalled going to see a late-night show called the midnight ramble, where the jokes were spicier and the girls did a little hoochie-coochie dance.
#2 Arkansas was a state that had never fully recovered from the Civil War. The economy had been devastated by the Great Depression, and slavery was replaced...
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#1 I was on the phone with an old friend when I saw the burning Notre Dame Cathedral on television. I knew the building well, having visited it many times as a child. I understood what was burning and how the fire was gathering strength, but the journalists commenting did not.
#2 The burning of Notre-Dame was a heart-stopping moment for the crowds on the streets and...
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#1 James Stewart, the movie star, was born in 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. His family was one of the first to settle in Armstrong Township, just six miles west of Indiana.
#2 The Civil War, which tore America apart between 1861 and 1865, had a strong impact on the Stewart family. Seven of John Kerr Stewart's grandsons fought in the war between the states.
#3 James...
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#1 My family's history with the U. S. Army began in 1943, when my father was drafted into the army and my mother enlisted in the Women's Army Corps. In 1955, my sister was born. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, and my father spoke with him before he went in.
#2 Elvis's fame reached all the way to the army, where my father met him. My father was given a signed photograph...
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Get the Summary of Dave Grohl's The Storyteller in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary andnot the original book. Original book introduction: This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my...
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Get the Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: There's a reason today's ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore-they're designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider's look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters-alongside industry heavy-hitters...
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#1 I was excited to learn about the Director, Tortsov, and his plans for my acting career. I was to perform bits from plays chosen by me, and then he would be able to judge my dramatic quality.
#2 I was so embarrassed that instead of apology, I made the careless remark I seem to be a little late. Rakhmanov, the Assistant Director, looked at me reproachfully. He said...
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