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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Esther Rolf was supported by the Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) and the Center for Re-
search on Computation and Society (CRCS). Thank you to Konstantin Klemmer, Caleb Robinson,
and Jessie Finocchiaro for feedback on earlier drafts of this work.
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