The man with the register looked up slowly and his lips curled outward like a bow with an unseen arrow.
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With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries.
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