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“I can’t let you do that, Dave.”

A couple of years ago, I finally watched “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a 1968 science fiction film. It has a rather famous, and often misquoted, line: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Shortly thereafter, HAL (the computer) ends the conversation and Dave (the astronaut) has to find a different way to get…