That was a good read, thanks! I'm not sure I am 100% in sync with some of the claims, but still a good read.
I thought you might enjoy this, too, an excerpt from the book "Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece"
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-unspeakably-disgusting-way-stanley-kubrick-created-1824112455