As one of the original targets, please let me express my thoughts on this. They are not in any sense final, or even remotely correct. 1. I do not know OP, nor their work, so my initial reaction to a request is “no, I’m tired and retired and older than everyone in the room, just no.” 2. I would have to read the book. Then I’d have to decide whether to write the foreword. If I didn’t think the book was a real contribution, I wouldn’t want to endorse it with a foreword, and I would f...