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The first couple to ever find love through a computer
Earlier this week, we posted a video and mused that the lady singing about finding love through a computer was way ahead of her time in 1968. But was computer matchmaking really a thing of the future in 1968? Well, not quite. In fact, the first time a couple was ever matched by a computer was on a TV show in 1956!
“Remington Rand’s Univac No. 21 turned Cupid, brought together a flesh-and-blood couple as scientifically selected “ideal marriage mates.”"
The computer, which was worth a cool Million at the time, was fed with questionnaires completed by 4000 singles looking to find love. The questionnaire was made up of 32 relationship-relevant questions on topics like sex, race, religion, politics, lifestyle and, hilariously, “preferences for double or twin beds”. The computer found a perfect couple among the entries and the two later got engaged!
Read the original TIME magazine article about this first computer matchmaking experiment here.
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What is Love? Sesame Street Knows!
Another video today, but it is in honour of a very special occasion: the 40th anniversary of the first episode of Sesame Street. And because the show has spent the last 40 years teaching kids about anything and everything, it has also found an answer to that old question “What is love?”:
Love Quote: Love Conquers Hate
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Love for Life Quote
Sometimes love can be so simple…
“Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.”
- Arthur Rubinstein
Love and Passion – not just in Relationships
If a music video director had made this music video, it would be a job well done by a good music video director. But this video was made by a fan – and that makes it a work of love and passion! See for yourself:
Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.
To me, this video proves (aside from the fact that the director is very talented), that love and passion should infuse all areas of our life; not just our relationships, but also our work, our hobbies and our little fan projects, that we do just because we want to, even though nobody is paying us to do them.
