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Selected References:

• 2:26 - See “Something Went Terribly Wrong With Online Ads” (The Atlantic, 2024) and “Uber’s Ad Network Continues To Grow” (Marketing Brew, 2023)
• 4:00 - Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
• 4:15 - See “The Western Canon” Wikipedia entry
• 12:10 - See “Shakespeare Contra Nietzsche” (Marginalia, 2016)
• 16:41 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 29 - Vacation Part 2: It’s A Process from October 2023
• 22:35 - See the Great American Novel Wikipedia entry and list
• 22:54 - In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
• 22:25 - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
• 25:30 - Sean M. Carroll
• 25:40 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• 26:10 - Babel and The Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang
• 27:55 - Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
• 31:48 - The Shining novel by Stephen King and The Shining movie directed by Stanley Kubrick
• 33:20 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest movie
• 36:15 - The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
• 42:40 - The Scream painting by Edvard Munch
• 43:40 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 15 - The Mind of Gatsby: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens from June 2021
• 47:25 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
• 55:36 - Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarrantino
• 58:49 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 31 - Life, Art, & Experience: A Conversation, recorded in November 2023 and released in January 2024