In addition, numerous experts generously spent time in lengthy conversations during the research process, including Ragui a.s.saad, Judy Baker, Thomas Buettner, Andrew Cherlin, Katherine Curtis, Richard Hodes, Paul Kaplowitz, David Owen, Hans Rosling, Saskia Sa.s.sen, Annemarie Schneider, Joni Seager, and Audrey Singer.
I sometimes read statements by authors in the acknowledgments sections of their books to the effect that those to whom they are grateful for help bear no responsibility for any mistakes that remain. That sentiment certainly applies to this book.
I also want to thank Maggie Fox, CEO of the Climate Reality Project; Joel Hyatt, my co-founder and CEO of Current TV; and John Doerr, managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with David Blood at Generation and my colleagues at all four organizations, not only for their support and encouragement, but also for their patience in sometimes adjusting the schedule for calls and meetings to accommodate the time I have taken to work on this book, especially over the past two years.
(Disclosure: in addition to Generation Investment Management, there are 9 other firms, among the 120 mentioned in the text, in which I have a direct or indirect investment: Apple, Auxogyn, Citizens Bank, Coursera, Facebook, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Kaiima, and Twitter.) Special thanks to Matt Taylor for loaning me a set of very cool gigantic whiteboards for the duration of this project.
Finally, Beth Alpert, chief of staff in my personal office in Nashville, was in overall charge of coordinating the team that helped to produce this book, even as she continued managing my other ongoing activities. Every member of my staff contributed time and effort to making this book possible: Joey Schlichter, Claudia Huskey, Lisa Berg, Betsy McMa.n.u.s, Jill Martin, Kristy Jeffers, Jessica c.o.x, and, during the early phases of the work, Kalee Kreider, Patrick Hamilton, and Alex Thorpe. And Bill Simmons went way beyond the call of duty in preparing terrific meals during the innumerable working sessions in Nashville throughout this long process. Thank you all!
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