We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to Alice Hunsberger, whose thoughtful and insightful foreword sets the tone for this book. Your leadership in trust and safety and your commitment to building more responsible digital systems inspire us, and your contribution has made this book all the more meaningful.
This book would not have been possible without the help and support of many of our friends and colleagues. In no particular order, we would like to thank David Sullivan, Erin McAuliffe, Natalija Bitiukova, Dr. Daniel Rogers, Sam Plank, Derek Slater, Reed Coke, Whitney Nelson, Karan Lala, Rebecca Ruppel, Michael Wharton,
Dr. Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Dr. Alex Mably, Ryman Stringer, Jen Weedon, Brett Harvey, Aurora Quinn-Elmore, Oliver Emberton, Olya Gurevich, Mustafa Suleyman, Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, David Ryan Polgar, and Jeff Allen. All of these people provided valuable feedback and diverse perspectives that helped shape the ideas presented in these pages.