Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following people, without whom this work would never have seen the light of day.

First among equals is Luke van der Laan amd the Futures & Design team in the School of Humanities and Communications who have worked tirelessly under less-than-favourable conditions to help guide this work through the many stages of production. Similarly, Adrian Stagg has been instrumental in taking a varied group of documents and weaving them into a coherent whole. My thanks to him and Liaison Librarian Mike Affleck, and Open Education Content Librarian Samanthi Suraweera.

Then there is Samara Hoffman who worked wonders with a difficult brief: namely to create a new cover with a generic similarity to the one she created for Deleting Dystopia. The results are memorable and beautifully reflect some of the deep themes of the book. I salute you all!

Richard Slaughter
Foresight International, Brisbane
July 2025