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“And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.”
― David McCullough Jr.

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“touting a “98.6 percent accuracy rate” and an enormous collection of photos unlike anything the police had used before.”
― Kashmir Hill, Your Face Belongs to Us: A Tale of AI, a Secretive Startup, and the End of Privacy

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“Looking back, one can almost imagine them stalking through the wild with specimen bottles and outsize nets, in determined pursuit of the Ojibwa adverb or the Cherokee pronoun.”
― Margalit Fox, Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind

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“Facebook automatically tagging your friends in photos; Apple and Google letting people look at their phones to unlock them; digital billboards from Microsoft and Intel with cameras that detected age and gender to show passersby appropriate ads.”
― Kashmir Hill, Your Face Belongs to Us: A Tale of AI, a Secretive Startup, and the End of Privacy

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“there is still no overarching law guaranteeing Americans control over what photos are taken of them, what is written about them, or what is done with their personal data.”
― Kashmir Hill, Your Face Belongs to Us: A Tale of AI, a Secretive Startup, and the End of Privacy

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Books on the Nightstand — 6095 members — last activity Dec 01, 2025 10:30AM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

The Penguin Press — 1452 members — last activity Mar 28, 2017 12:09PM
Welcome to our Goodreads Group for The Penguin Press! We like to say that we publish "ideas that matter and storytelling that lasts," and some of our ...more

National Book Critics Circle — 333 members — last activity May 04, 2021 06:29AM
The National Book Critics Circle honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club — 17300 members — last activity 5 hours, 8 min ago
You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more

Tournament of Books — 2340 members — last activity 10 hours, 55 min ago
This book group was established for those interested in participating in The Morning News's Tournament of Books. Please do not feel the need to finish ...more

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