Earlier edition of my book

For posterity’s sake, here’s an earlier version of my book where three things are different than in the final edition: 1- It doesn’t include my essay (above) which I decided to put my essay at the front end of the final edition. I figured an overview at the front end would be good for most readers, as it gets straight to the point for those who might not want to take a deep dive. 2- This earlier version is 40 pages longer than the final version because, in September of 2024, I updated it to include three full conversations with AI Chat GPT which vetted and confirmed all of my key assumptions. In hindsight, when I decided to include my essay in the final edition, I decided that the full text had seemed unnecessarily long in hindsight, so I just included the most relevant parts in the final edition. 3-Finally, this version also included a part at the end where I floated the idea of a “Renassiance Cup.” I mean to put it in the final edition but got so pissed off with my software that I finally gave up. I will revisit that idea in an updated version of my essay.