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Acknowledgments

Brennan:

My hearty thanks go to

 Joshua Walker for urging me in this direction years ago, for stimulating discussions and never a dull moment throughout our work together

 Rowman & Littlefield’s editorial staff: commissioning editor Suzanne Staszak-Silva, production editors Brianna Westervelt and Hannah Fisher, copy editor Melissa Hayes, cover designer Amanda Wilson, and editorial assistant Charlotte Gosnell for their tireless, patient work in bringing this volume to fruition

 Literary agent, Jeff Herman, for his wise advice and support

 Fr. Jim Greenfield, DeSales University President, Br. Dan Wisniewski, Provost, and other faculty and staff for making possible the invaluable sabbatical leave time to complete and promote the work

 Michele Mrazik, research librarian at DeSales University Trexler library, and her student research assistants for speedy and thorough support

 Sean Kanuck and Joshua Schulz for devoting their precious time to writing the Foreword and Afterword

 Andrew Ng, a consummate teacher in every way

 Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of The Membership Economy and The Forever Transaction, for her careful and critical read of the manuscript

 Family, friends, and kind people whom I have not had the pleasure to meet, who took the time to read the text in whole or in part and provide their comments and/or endorsements

 Last and certainly not least to my beloved wife and three children for tolerating yet another book project

Joshua:

 First, I would like to thank friends and family for putting up with a new literary adventure; I hope your sacrifice does some good, and your goodness ever appreciated

 Many of the folks in Brennan’s “thank yous” I thank again, for emphasis, including: Rowman & Littlefield (Suzanne!, Brianna!, Hannah!, Melissa!, Amanda!, Charlotte!), individually and as a whole, we appreciate you very much; Jeff Herman, agent extraordinaire, who made a bet on us and persevered through all weathers, to clear skies; Sean and crew for friendship, sage advice, and great contributions to both this book and the safety of the planet

 Bob G., GKFM, and so many mentors and leaders along the way; we could never have created Lex Machina, or inspired so many, without the AI craft of Chris Manning and Andrew Ng (mayhap the two best Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning folks, respectively, anywhere, on this planet and on the other ones: respect)

 And the last is the first in many ways (just as those “left behind” or out of the AI revolution need to be placed back in the driver’s seat): Thank you to Brennan, who took on this project—with passion, chutzpah, and scholarly precision. Life is a blank page. Let’s be worthy of it