How the Living Book is made
Editorial responsibility
The Delegation Age is a continuing work by George L. Taylor. The argument can develop as the evidence changes. The person answerable for the published result remains the same.
Daily review. Deliberate revision.
New developments are reviewed daily for their effect on the book’s argument and recommendations. A development earns a place when it changes what a reader should think or do. News alone is not a reason to rewrite a chapter.
Proposed revisions go to George for approval. Approved text is prepared and checked before release. Public changes receive a date, an explanation, and a source trail.
AI assistance, human authority.
This book was developed with AI tools, including systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. AI contributed to research discovery, comparison, critique, drafting, editing, and production. These tools do not hold final editorial authority.
I determine the argument, approve substantive claims and revisions, and remain accountable for the published result. A model's fluency, confidence, or agreement is not evidence that a claim is correct. Statements from companies whose tools help produce this book are identified as provider claims where relevant and assessed on their evidence.
The project maintains chapter reviews, approval records, source notes, and version history to make important editorial choices traceable. Those records do not guarantee that every claim is right. Pending source archive work is identified as unfinished. Substantive corrections, revisions, and retractions belong in the project's documented history.
My name identifies the person who must answer for the editorial decisions in this book.
George L. Taylor
The Living Book and the Amazon editions.
The website is the reader-facing Living Edition. The source manuscript remains the production record. Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions are separate, dated snapshots. A website revision does not automatically change an Amazon edition.
A visible record.
Sources and notes accompany each chapter. The change history records substantive revisions and their reasons. Working source records may identify archive work as pending; that work is not represented as complete.
Delegate the work.
Never delegate the accountability.