Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
The clinical system is calibrated to the endpoint of disease.
While $200 million-plus budgets still drive many blockbusters, even big-budget filmmakers like James Cameron have warned that production costs need to be scaled down for leaner times.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
That single fact explains why language models scaled so quickly while robots are still fighting with mugs, shirts, shelves, and stairs.
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