《Brave New Words 》致谢

Acknowledgments

致谢

Thank you to Umaima Marvi for being the best life partner, whose support has been instrumental in every step of this journey.

感谢 Umaima Marvi，她是最好的生活伴侣，她的支持在这段旅程中的每一步都起到了关键作用。

Imran, Diya, and Azad, who inspire me every day to try to make myself and the world a little bit better. Masooda Khan, for raising me as a single mother and teaching me to persist when things get tough. Farah Khan, for being my first teacher and mentor. Naseem Marvi, for being an amazing mother-in-law, listener, and friend. Polly, for being the ideal foot warmer during much of the book-writing process.

Imran, Diya, 和 Azad，每天都激励我努力让自己和世界变得更好。感谢 Masooda Khan，作为单亲母亲抚养我长大，并在困难时教会我坚持不懈。感谢 Farah Khan，她是我的第一位老师和导师。感谢 Naseem Marvi，她是一个了不起的岳母、倾听者和朋友。感谢 Polly，在我写书的过程中，她是理想的暖脚器。

Nadia, Arman, Ali, Azad, and Nazrat Rahman, for helping to plant the seed for all this. Dan Wohl, for being a great boss and mentor who was cool with me working on Khan Academy on the side while working for him.

感谢 Nadia, Arman, Ali, Azad, 和Nazrat Rahman，他们帮助播下了这一切的种子。感谢 Dan Wohl，他是一位伟大的老板和导师，允许我在为他工作的同时在 Khan Academy 上进行工作。

Ann (our board chair) and John Doerr for believing in and supporting this effort from the beginning.

感谢 Ann（我们的董事会主席）和 John Doerr，从一开始就相信并支持这项努力。

Shantanu Sinha, Ben Kamens, Jason Rosoff, and Bilal Musharraf, Khan Academy’s first team beyond me that helped turn it into a real organization.

感谢Shantanu Sinha, Ben Kamens, Jason Rosoff 和Bilal Musharraf，Khan Academy 的第一批团队成员，他们帮助将其转变为一个真正的组织。

Bill Gates, Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann, Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, Reed Hastings, Dan Benton, Scott Cook, Signe Ostby, Ratan Tata, Carlos Slim, Tony Slim, Eric Schmidt, Elon Musk, David Siegel, Laura Overdeck, John Overdeck, Laurene Powell Jobs, David Stiles Nicholson, Carlyse Ciocca, Erica and Feroz Dewan, Ray and Barbara Dalio, Bob Hughes, Jack Little, Jeanne O’Keefe, Craig Santos, Charles, Liz, Chase, and Elizabeth Koch, Brian Hooks, Janine and Jeff Yass, Ravenel Curry, Laure and Guillaume Pousaz, Ross Annable, Lonnie Smith, Mark and Debra Leslie, Chuck Kung and Lisa Guerra, Larry Cohen, Sundar Pichai, James Manyika, Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, Dharmesh Shah, Jack Dorsey, Jeb Bush, Sean O’Sullivan, Ted Mitchell, Patricia Levesque, Curtis Feeny, Sanjiv Yajnik, Fareed Zakaria, Arne Duncan, Tom Friedman, Diane Greene, Walter Isaacson, Todd Rose, David Coleman, Sameer Sampat, Dianne Seeman, Yuri Milner, Henry McCance, Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine, Craig McCaw, Susan McCaw, Tim Reynolds, Scott Heimlich, Eduardo Cetlin, Gisèle Huff, Jerry Hume, Darren Woods, Robert Bradway, Gary Wilson, Jeff and Tricia Raikes, Bobby Kotick, Mason and Logan Angel, Angela Duckworth, Ethan Mollick, Chris Anderson, and Francis Ford Coppola, for being incredible supporters, advisers, and mentors.

感谢 Bill Gates, Jorge Paulo 和Susanna Lemann, Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, Reed Hastings, Dan Benton, Scott Cook, Signe Ostby, Ratan Tata, Carlos Slim, Tony Slim, Eric Schmidt, Elon Musk, David Siegel, Laura Overdeck, John Overdeck, Laurene Powell Jobs, David Stiles Nicholson, Carlyse Ciocca, Erica 和 Feroz Dewan, Ray 和 Barbara Dalio, Bob Hughes, Jack Little, Jeanne O’Keefe, Craig Santos, Charles, Liz, Chase, 和 Elizabeth Koch, Brian Hooks, Janine 和 Jeff Yass, Ravenel Curry, Laure 和 Guillaume Pousaz, Ross Annable, Lonnie Smith, Mark 和 Debra Leslie, Chuck Kung 和 Lisa Guerra, Larry Cohen, Sundar Pichai, James Manyika, Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, Dharmesh Shah, Jack Dorsey, Jeb Bush, Sean O’Sullivan, Ted Mitchell, Patricia Levesque, Curtis Feeny, Sanjiv Yajnik, Fareed Zakaria, Arne Duncan, Tom Friedman, Diane Greene, Walter Isaacson, Todd Rose, David Coleman, Sameer Sampat, Dianne Seeman, Yuri Milner, Henry McCance, Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine, Craig McCaw, Susan McCaw, Tim Reynolds, Scott Heimlich, Eduardo Cetlin, Gisèle Huff, Jerry Hume, Darren Woods, Robert Bradway, Gary Wilson, Jeff 和 Tricia Raikes, Bobby Kotick, Mason 和 Logan Angel, Angela Duckworth, Ethan Mollick, Chris Anderson, 和 Francis Ford Coppola，感谢他们作为令人难以置信的支持者、顾问和导师。

Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, and Jessica Shieh, for your partnership on this AI journey.

感谢 Greg Brockman, Sam Altman 和Jessica Shieh，在这次 AI 旅程中的合作。

The entire Khan Academy team, including the individuals below who were instrumental in our early concepts and launch:

感谢整个 Khan Academy 团队，包括以下在我们早期概念和启动中起到关键作用的个人：

Engineering（工程团队）: Paul Morgan, Shawn Jansepar, Sujata Salem, Jason Chancey, Pepper Miller, Mark Sandstrom, Sean Driedger-Bauer, John Resig, Kelli Hill, Chase Carnaroli, Jason Voll, Jack Zhang, Hunter Liu, RJ Corwin, Salman Omer, Zachary Plummer, Alice Pao, Jeanette Head, Brian Genisio, Jonathan Price, Liz Faubell, Mahtab Sabet, Robert Pippin, Sarah E.S. Proffitt, Walt Wells, Matthew Curtis, Ned Redmond, Nicole Watts, Rachel Roberts, Sarah Third, David Braley, Kathy Phillip, Luke Smith, Andrew Pagan, Alex Morelli, Maddy Andrade-Ozaette, Amos Latteier, Elise McCrorie, Divya Chandrasekar, Emily Janzer, Ian Powell, Adam Berkan, Adam Goforth, Patrick McGill, Matt Morgan, Boris Lau, Erik Helal, Michael Mendoza, Nathan Dobrowolski, Kevin Barabash, Gerardo Gonzalez, Gina Valderrama, Danielle Whyte, Tim McCabe, Craig Silverstein, Miguel Castillo, Reid Mitchell, Cat Yannish

Product, content, and design（产品、内容和设计团队）: Kristen DiCerbo, Ricky Chandarana, Adrienne Hunter Wong, Dave Travis, Laurie LeDuc, Daniel De Angulo, Sarah Robertson, Gintas Bradunas, Tommy Day, Susan August, Elvira Valdez, Corey Kollbocker, Jess Hendel, Heather Meston, Charlie Auen, Jeff Dodds, Nick Kokkinis, Anya Bila, Jonah Goldsaito, Lan Borg, Karen Shapiro.

Thank you to Stacey Olson, Vicki Zubovic, Regina Ross, Julian Roberts, Rachel Boroditsky, Julia Cowles, Sandeep Bapna, Jeremy Schifeling, Jason Hovey, Ted Chen, Craig Silverstein, Diana Olin, Jordan Peavey, Evan Rahman, Eirene Chen, Barb Kunz, Felipe Escamilla, Jesse Ambrose, for supporting and leading key parts of our work.

感谢Stacey Olson, Vicki Zubovic, Regina Ross, Julian Roberts, Rachel Boroditsky, Julia Cowles, Sandeep Bapna, Jeremy Schifeling, Jason Hovey, Ted Chen, Craig Silverstein, Diana Olin, Jordan Peavey, Evan Rahman, Eirene Chen, Barb Kunz, Felipe Escamilla, Jesse Ambrose，感谢你们支持并领导了我们工作中的关键部分。

Special thanks to visionary education leaders including Dr. Katie Jenner, Commissioner Frank Edelblut, Superintendent Peggy Buffington, Dr. Jose Fuentes, Alan Usherenko, Tim Nellegar, and all the remarkable educators and students at Newark Public Schools, School City of Hobart, and our partner districts in Indiana and across the country.

特别感谢有远见的教育领导者，包括 Dr. Katie Jenner, Commissioner Frank Edelblut, Superintendent Peggy Buffington, Dr. Jose Fuentes, Alan Usherenko, Tim Nellegar, 以及纽瓦克公立学校、霍巴特学区、印第安纳州和全国各地合作学区的所有杰出教育工作者和学生。

My thanks to Richard Pine, Eliza Rothstein, Inkwell Management, Ibrahim Ahmad, Lee Kravetz, Carolyn Coleburn, Yuleza Negron, Bridget Gilleran, Molly Fessenden, Barb Kunz, Elizabeth Pham Janowski, Alex Cruz-Jimenez, Carrie Cook, Suzanne Roberts, Tom Greene, Tomer Altman, Joanna Samuels, Roger Studley, Eric Berson, Mimi Kravetz.

感谢 Richard Pine, Eliza Rothstein, Inkwell Management, Ibrahim Ahmad, Lee Kravetz, Carolyn Coleburn, Yuleza Negron, Bridget Gilleran, Molly Fessenden, Barb Kunz, Elizabeth Pham Janowski, Alex Cruz-Jimenez, Carrie Cook, Suzanne Roberts, Tom Greene, Tomer Altman, Joanna Samuels, Roger Studley, Eric Berson, Mimi Kravetz。

Huge thanks to Jeremiah Hennessy for convincing me to quit my day job in 2009.

特别感谢 Jeremiah Hennessy，他在 2009 年说服我辞去日常工作。

I’d like to thank the hundreds of thousands of people who have donated to make Khan Academy possible and the hundreds of millions of learners, parents, and teachers who have chosen to use Khan Academy to uplift themselves and those they care about.

我要感谢成千上万的人，他们的捐款使 Khan Academy 成为可能。还要感谢数亿的学习者、家长和教师，他们选择使用 Khan Academy 来提升自己和他们关心的人。

Last, but not least, thank you benevolent aliens for helping us help prepare humanity for first contact. Onward!

最后，但同样重要的是，感谢仁慈的外星人帮助我们为人类的首次接触做准备。前进！