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“He has two traits that are almost never seen in the same person. The first is a strong desire to please people, to be liked in any given interaction. The second is almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone.”

makes me think of Lucas: incredibly ambitious, non-technical, relentless, dedicated, stubborn, but then makes me think of Marty: somehow lacking a moral compass, or one that isn't always ethical (says different things to different people, lack of integrity, people pleaser but not upfront)

companies (both OpenAI and Anthropic), even when rooted in safety, have to abide by capitalist aims and "go faster," and thus sacrifice their values (obviously "have to" is facetious here)

“human enfeeblement” - the idea that we become so reliant on AI to do basic human tasks, and this causes a decrease in critical thinking, problem-solving, and general human resilience. especially of concern to younger generations, who might never develop these skills if reliant on AI

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Cleopatra & Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Like Love by Maggie Nelson

Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin

I know why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick

Health & Safety by Emily Witt

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Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan

Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Burn the Diaries by Moyra Davey

The Problem of Reading by Moyra Davey

Index Cards by Moyra Davey

Heroines by Kate Zambrano

Working Girl by Sophia Giovannitti

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Diary of an Ending by Lina Scheynius

Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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I love Dick by Chris Kraus (reread)

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God’s Own Country (2007) Francis Lee

Cameraperson (2016) Kristen Johnson

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Stanley Kubrick

Emilia Perez (2024) Jacques Audiard

Maria (2024) Pablo Larraín

The Last Showgirl (2024) Gia Coppola

The Room Next Door (2024) Pedro Almodóvar

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Martin Scorsese

Universal Language (2025) Matthew Rankin

Christian Marclay, The Clock

The Apprentice (2024) Ali Abbasi

Bird (2024) Andrea Arnold

I Am Noise (2023) Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle and Karen O’Connor

Fargo (1996) Joel Cohen

Invention (2025) Callie Hernandez

The Architect and the Painter (2011) Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey

Bonjour Tristesse (2025) Durga Chew-Bose

Happiness (1998) Todd Solondz

Play it as it Lays (1972) Frank Perry

Death Becomes Her (1992) Robert Zemeckis

I’m Not Everything I want To Be (2025) Klára Tasovská

Morvern Callar (2002) Lynne Ramsay

Prozac Nation (2001) Erik Skjoldbjærg

The Reader (2008) Stephen Daldry

Jane Austen Wrecked my Life (2025) Laura Piani

One Battle After Another (2025) Paul Thomas Anderson

The History of Sound (2025) Oliver Hermanus

Phantom Thread (2022) Paul Thomas Anderson

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn

Peter Hujar’s Day (2025) Ira Sachs

Hamnet (2025) Chloe Zao

Stop Making Sense (1984) Jacques Demy

Sentimental Value (2025) Joachim Trier

Splendor in the Grass (1961) Elia Kazan