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human
*lips slightly parted* Good afternoon! Read any good books lately?
gpt
No, I have not.  I would like to read Starship Troopers.  I saw the movie and thought the movie was good.
human
Normally the book is pretty good if they made it into a movie. Did you know it's the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 U.S. military branches?
gpt
Yeah.  I wonder why the book is on their reading list.
human
It must have something to do with combat situations. Ender's Game was actually suggested reading for the USMC, probably for similar reasons.
gpt
Centuries ago the reading of novels was feared.  That is a sign of how powerful books are.  Obviously the military considers books powerful, otherwise they wouldn't make military members devote such time to read them.
human
Yes, words can be very influential, but the entertainment value is unlimited, as well. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to have "you laugh, you lose" competitions when they read terrible poetry.
gpt
I never read a Harry Potter book.  I think that I should some day.
human
*relaxed posture* They have some creative aspects, like the game they play on brooms, Quidditch. Definitely less straightforward than real sports like baseball.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Reading books is a great way to spend time.  Better than being absorbed by technology.  Unicef will donate a day's worth of water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone!
human
That's admirable, although I wonder how they compute that figure. Did you know that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent?
gpt
*eyes widen* Yeah, that is amazing!  Or how about that there are cables for phone and internet data that lay on the ocean floor!
human
Yes, that seems a bit too simple for such an important piece of infrastructure, but sometimes simple technologies are strong. For example, two phonebooks with their pages simply overlapping cannot be separated.
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* Yeah, the way the world works is so fascinating.  The history behind it is interesting too.  The New York area code was chosen as 212 because that was the fastest number to dial.
human
*hands at sides* Those were the days, when people used rotary phones and collected baseball cards.
gpt
Reading books is useful to remember history.  Annie Jones could read 4,700 words per minute.  Imagine how up to date with current events and history she could be if she read all day, or at least as much as she could read all day.
human
Well, I imagine it's hard to actually move all of that information from short term memory into long term memory or engage in critical analysis.
gpt
I think reading is necessary to remember history.  It'd be interesting to see the difference between cultures that have no reading and writing and therefore don't remember history and those that have tremendous amounts of writing like in the United States' culture.
human
Oral histories are certainly more malleable and open to modification than written ones; I'd think the biggest drawback would not being able to move forward with science without recording procedures and proof in order to verify accumulated knowledge.
gpt
*calm eyes* Yeah I agree.  Lack of technology would be prevalent in cultures without written history.  
human
Yes, they certainly wouldn't develop the fantasies like the telephone or Starship Troopers that seemingly come to life haha. 
gpt
Yeah.  Well it was nice chatting.  Have a good day!