Acknowledgments
Recognition of all who helped in the making of this book
Acknowledgments
The Author's Team
Andrei Klemenchenok · Comandante FolkUp — author, leading the research and the writing.
Alice — co-author: structural coordination, cross-project links, the methodology of analogies between literature and management.
Iskra — editor: chapter proofing, verification of facts and sources, calibration of stylistic register.
Editorial Tools (Automation)
The book was made using AI tools that form part of the FolkUp editorial ecosystem. These tools are not human reviewers, but specialized software assistants with distributed zones of responsibility. AI-assisted content in this book falls within the carve-out of EU AI Act Art. 50(4) — the editorial-review exemption. We disclose it voluntarily, because the principle of honest attribution matters more than what is legally required.
- Fact verification and source discovery — automated OSINT assistant
- Technical editing — verification of editorial standards and formatting
- Poetic-rhythm analysis (chapter on Sherlock Holmes) — a literary-studies assistant
- Hostile review — independent checking of logic and contradictions
- CSS/HTML layout and accessibility — a front-end assistant (WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Legal support — a compliance assistant (GDPR, EU AI Act)
For more on the architecture of the editorial ecosystem and the role of AI in the book, see the AI Transparency page.
Community Acknowledgments
To the Open Source community — for Hugo Static Site Generator, Hextra Theme, and the many other tools on which this book is built.
To the authors of the sources — the writers and researchers whose work formed the basis of the analysis: from Jules Verne and Mary Shelley to contemporary specialists in agile methodologies.
To the first readers — for feedback in the early stage of the work, when the link between nineteenth-century literature and modern management still looked doubtful.
A Special Word
To all who believed in the project — for support in the moments when the book's central hypothesis had not yet been proved.
To the anonymous corporate employees — for honest testimony from inside the systems described in the book.
If you feel your contribution has not been recognized, please write to [email protected]