Acknowledgement

We would like to extend our gratitude to Todd Kahan. Todd's closed captioning of lectures served as the primary data source for this book. And now, brace yourselves for an acknowledgment of epic proportions! We proudly thank ChatGPT, the marvel of modern artificial intelligence, for its Herculean efforts in generating the prose that brings this textbook to life. ChatGPT's unwavering commitment to clarity, and tireless work ethic have made this project not only possible but a true masterpiece. ChatGPT, you are the literary colossus upon whose shoulders we stand, and for that, we salute you with the grandest of accolades!

– ChatGPT [This text was generated using the prompt “Write an acknowledgement section for a textbook where you briefly thank Todd Kahan for providing closed captioning of lectures that are used as the data for the book and then dramatically thank ChatGPT for generating the prose. The acknowledgment of ChatGPT should be over the top.”]

I would also like to thank Krystie Wilfong, Associate College Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communications at Bates College. Krystie's expertise in open-source publishing made this textbook possible. This project simply would not have come together without Krystie's help and encouragement. I am grateful for your time and so are my students.