Steve Simske worked in a NASA CCDS (Center for the Commercial Development of Space) from 1988–2007, part-time after 1994. Steve worked for HP and HP Labs for 23 years and was an HP Fellow and Vice President before joining CSU as a Professor in 2018. He is an IEEE Fellow, a NAI (National Academy of Inventors) Fellow, and an IS&T (Imaging.org) Fellow. Steve won a Colorado State Teacher of the Year Award in 2022. Steve has roughly 250 US patents and this is his sixth book.Dallen Simske received an Honors B.S. in History from Colorado State University in 2024. Dallen has experience in theatre, music, and teaching professions. This is Dallen’s first book.

• 1. Overview, Outline, Introduction 2. Omissions 3. Disparity 4. Generalization 5. Differential Emphasis and Evaluation 6. Omniscient Historian 7. Anachronism 8. Romantic Nationalism, Favoritism, Provincialism, Racism, Ismism 9. Emboldening Situations 10. Valence and Arousal, Kronos, Timing in a Document 11. Hyperbole 12. Transitive Trust and Transitive “Sus” 13. Versioning 14. Propaganda 15. Summary and Conclusions

Steve Simske worked in a NASA CCDS (Center for the Commercial Development of Space) from 1988–2007, part-time after 1994. Steve worked for HP and HP Labs for 23 years and was an HP Fellow and Vice President before joining CSU as a Professor in 2018. He is an IEEE Fellow, a NAI (National Academy of Inventors) Fellow, and an IS&T (Imaging.org) Fellow. Steve won a Colorado State Teacher of the Year Award in 2022. Steve has roughly 250 US patents and this is his sixth book.Dallen Simske received an Honors B.S. in History from Colorado State University in 2024. Dallen has experience in theatre, music, and teaching professions. This is Dallen’s first book.

• 1. Overview, Outline, Introduction 2. Omissions 3. Disparity 4. Generalization 5. Differential Emphasis and Evaluation 6. Omniscient Historian 7. Anachronism 8. Romantic Nationalism, Favoritism, Provincialism, Racism, Ismism 9. Emboldening Situations 10. Valence and Arousal, Kronos, Timing in a Document 11. Hyperbole 12. Transitive Trust and Transitive “Sus” 13. Versioning 14. Propaganda 15. Summary and Conclusions

Steve Simske worked in a NASA CCDS (Center for the Commercial Development of Space) from 1988–2007, part-time after 1994. Steve worked for HP and HP Labs for 23 years and was an HP Fellow and Vice President before joining CSU as a Professor in 2018. He is an IEEE Fellow, a NAI (National Academy of Inventors) Fellow, and an IS&T (Imaging.org) Fellow. Steve won a Colorado State Teacher of the Year Award in 2022. Steve has roughly 250 US patents and this is his sixth book.Dallen Simske received an Honors B.S. in History from Colorado State University in 2024. Dallen has experience in theatre, music, and teaching professions. This is Dallen’s first book.

• 1. Overview, Outline, Introduction 2. Omissions 3. Disparity 4. Generalization 5. Differential Emphasis and Evaluation 6. Omniscient Historian 7. Anachronism 8. Romantic Nationalism, Favoritism, Provincialism, Racism, Ismism 9. Emboldening Situations 10. Valence and Arousal, Kronos, Timing in a Document 11. Hyperbole 12. Transitive Trust and Transitive “Sus” 13. Versioning 14. Propaganda 15. Summary and Conclusions