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#StephenHawking #Polyamory type stuff / #relationships

TLDR facts;

1/ Hawking was accommodating to another man in his wife's life as long as she loved him also.

2/ Hawking commented that "I can communicate better now than before I lost my voice."

3/ "Philosophy is unnecessary"

4/ Association with atheism and freethinking

5/ Hawking was disappointed by Brexit and warned against envy and isolationism.

6/ Supporter of a universal basic income.

7/ He was critical of the Israeli government's position on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, stating that their policy "is likely to lead to disaster."

8/ In 2015, he applied to trademark his name

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Around December 1977, wife Jane met organist Jonathan Hellyer Jones when singing in a church choir.

Hellyer Jones became close to the Hawking family and, by the mid-1980s, he and Jane had developed romantic feelings for each other.

According to Jane, her husband was accepting of the situation, stating "he would not object so long as I continued to love him".

Jane and Hellyer Jones were determined not to break up the family, and their relationship remained platonic for a long period.

By the 1980s, Hawking's marriage had been strained for many years. Jane felt overwhelmed by the intrusion into their family life of the required nurses and assistants.

Hawking's views of religion also contrasted with her strong Christian faith and resulted in tension.

After a tracheotomy in 1985, Hawking required a full-time nurse and nursing care was split across three shifts daily.

In the late 1980s, Hawking grew close to one of his nurses, Elaine Mason, to the dismay of some colleagues, caregivers, and family members, who were disturbed by her strength of personality and protectiveness.

In February 1990, Hawking told Jane that he was leaving her for Mason and departed the family home.

After his divorce from Jane in 1995, Hawking married Mason in September, declaring, "It's wonderful – I have married the woman I love."

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In 1999, Jane Hawking published a memoir, Music to Move the Stars, describing her marriage to Hawking and its breakdown.

Its revelations caused a sensation in the media but, as was his usual practice regarding his personal life, Hawking made no public comment except to say that he did not read biographies about himself.

After his second marriage, Hawking's family felt excluded and marginalised from his life. For a period of about five years in the early 2000s, his family and staff became increasingly worried that he was being physically abused

Police investigations took place, but were closed as Hawking refused to make a complaint.

In 2006, Hawking and Mason quietly divorced, and Hawking resumed closer relationships with Jane, his children, and his grandchildren.

Reflecting on this happier period, a revised version of Jane's book, re-titled Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, appeared in 2007, and was made into a film, The Theory of Everything, in 2014.

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HEALTH

Hawking had a rare early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord, which gradually paralysed him over decades.

The National Health Service was ready to pay for a nursing home, but Jane was determined that he would live at home. The cost of the care was funded by an American foundation.

Nurses were hired for the three shifts required to provide the round-the-clock support he required. One of those employed was Elaine Mason, who was to become Hawking's second wife.

The program was originally run on a desktop computer. Elaine Mason's husband, David, a computer engineer, adapted a small computer and attached it to his wheelchair.

Released from the need to use somebody to interpret his speech, Hawking commented that "I can communicate better now than before I lost my voice."

Hawking gradually lost the use of his hand, and in 2005 he began to control his communication device with movements of his cheek muscles, with a rate of about one word per minute.

With this decline there was a risk of him developing locked-in syndrome, so Hawking collaborated with Intel Corporation researchers on systems that could translate his brain patterns or facial expressions into switch activations. After several prototypes that did not perform as planned, they settled on an adaptive word predictor made by the London-based startup SwiftKey, which used a system similar to his original technology. Hawking had an easier time adapting to the new system, which was further developed after inputting large amounts of Hawking's papers and other written materials and uses predictive software similar to other smartphone keyboards.

In 2013, the biographical documentary film Hawking, in which Hawking himself is featured, was released. In September 2013, he expressed support for the legalisation of assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

PERSONAL VIEWS

Philosophy is unnecessary

At Google's Zeitgeist Conference in 2011, Stephen Hawking said that "philosophy is dead". He believed that philosophers "have not kept up with modern developments in science", "have not taken science sufficiently seriously and so Philosophy is no longer relevant to knowledge claims", "their art is dead" and that scientists "have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge". He said that philosophical problems can be answered by science, particularly new scientific theories which "lead us to a new and very different picture of the universe and our place in it".[355] His view was both praised and criticized

Future of humanity

n 2006, Hawking posed an open question on the Internet: "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?", later clarifying: "I don't know the answer. That is why I asked the question, to get people to think about it, and to be aware of the dangers we now face."[35

Hawking was an atheist.

Hawking's association with atheism and freethinking was in evidence from his university years onwards, when he had been a member of Oxford University's humanist group

Hawking said to Theresa May, "I deal with tough mathematical questions every day, but please don't ask me to help with Brexit." Hawking was disappointed by Brexit and warned against envy and isolationism.

Hawking was also a supporter of a universal basic income. He was critical of the Israeli government's position on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, stating that their policy "is likely to lead to disaster."

In 1988, Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan were interviewed in God, the Universe and Everything Else. They discussed the Big Bang theory, God and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

In 2015, he applied to trademark his name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

#physics #physicist #MND #ALS #Disability #Disease

I totally rocked it today !
(I did well / used the day / satisfied)

And now this message will self-destruct !

3 , 2 , 1! 💣 💣 💣

Writing is a way of reminding yourself, or getting others to remind you by using social messaging / social media.

(people replying or sending anything in response helps you remember and keep it valid).

#Tips #Fediverse #Mastodon

#Question
Best site for explaining songs -
songs explained by the artist or by their fans... ? ❓

"Everything is beautiful, but not everybody is able to see it."

- #Confucius #quote

EXAMPLES:
Simple Living http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_living
Sozialethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozialethik
Slow Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Movement
Downshifting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downshifting
Frugality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frugality
Degrowth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth
Positive Psychology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology

Simple Living links,

Sozialethik, Slow Movement, Frugality, Downshifting, Degrowth, Positive Psychology...

Simple Living http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_living
Sozialethik http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozialethik
Slow Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Movement
Downshifting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downshifting
Frugality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frugality
Degrowth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth
Positive Psychology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology

I guess the storage of energy is the weak point or main problem of this topic...

Things have got better (on the wave of probably poor-promising stuff previously) but still for the most part what most of these solar generators etc are lacking (for the price) is storing the energy.

Am I about right?
(I'm fine with the kind of 'using it right now' usage of it's power but for longer term and battery sensitivity & replacements?)

#offgrid #solarpanels #solar #generator #battery #power #DIY #freedom

More about my offer to help you...

I basically attach myself / assist in making things from other people since this increases relativity and eventually snowballs value / meaning and dare I say love / affinity for one another. No BS about that (just saying as it makes complete sense and unembarrassed offering myself as it's a solid way).

#Help #Unity #Snowball #Relativity #Offer #P2P

@adam System of Love - Could we talk about working on a System of Love -
It's a lesser known or less implemented way of going about things.

As usual it would takes a bit of exploring but just as quick face value imagine heading towards caring as the way and journey more than critique (which can still continue but not doing this all the time if we consider everyone is but not putting much of the loving back)

System of Love development please. Replying to my messages as the basic start.

Share the love - it shouldn't be exclusive or opposite to PolyAmory

This statement edges towards #PolyAmory BUT not sex - more like the people who are like you who enjoy discussion and you do different sports with (sports of the mind mostly) and like going to play with friends occasionally (which can include mind and body contact).

As a very cold and blunt example of #PolyAmory in this context of life, ask yourself:

"I didn't fuck everyone I did sports with, right?"

So as with "PolyAmory" you don't fuck everyone - the word is polyamory is a bit of a category perhaps overstating itself (it's usage by others) and simply more this definition:

" involving relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved "

Those that say sex first as definition might show they have only have sex on their mind or classic binary thinking of human interaction as "sex or nothing" - so not multi-level relationships.
NOT HAVING LEVELS IS 100% UNHEALTHY. So I hope this clarifies why it's more healthy than not.

And I hope that it is not you or you explore / interact with people a bit more.

⚠️ But if you have any questions about how imperfect polyamory can be (as in life imperfect but better to love than not love / stagnate) then let me know.

The idea is that if you are caring can state and discuss things... we can do polyamory as topic (also you find people who can express or be clear can do love at different levels better).

Said with love! (not sex)
(or interpret as "Said with kind regards, towards 1 humanity")

#Levels of #Love #Interaction #Mind #Sport #Acceptance #Unity #Logic #Contact

#SellOut <--- add hashtag if...

1/ you see someone doing something you disapprove of

2/ you want to help those loosing focus to go for better ways (like not giving in to BigTech and their mass sucking way) and not sucking more people in to thinking "it's ok" as a basis for life / our input.

Those doing measurably a wrong way can be tagged #SellOut as an identifier and also to help them / helps us see better ways.

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I disapprove of Spotify, iHeart, Apple choices for audio or podcasts... it's also things you / I / we could have done and contributed ourselves more universally rather than using BigTech (I think it's also given us less work and shifting it to less caring automation / BigTech stuff. So overall "Bad work" before you've even begun...)

Basically a tangent of bad growth / bad type of success.

Can't respect that move too much. This is what sets many people apart too (at least individuals / educators / people of principle, those correct towards freedoms / anyone with interest for achieving more freedom).

You have time to undo / redo decisions. Go back, take your stuff off commercial platform, take a step back or else I feel your going to create the opposite.

#Funkwhale #PeerTube etc is not the same but much better than it was and by you using that at least gives us a chance (and is inter-operable with Mastodon / Fediverse if that counts as a big positive point).

Try not MisAppropriate
or us use ImProper / UnReasonable ways..

█ MisAppropriate
(as property entrusted to BigTech / fraudulently in its use somewhat in it's underlying use

█ ImProper
Unsuitable (measurable sell-out)

█ UnReasonable
Given your own words and aims you undo your own words and work by your actions and who you're in bed with and what they do in many other bad ways.

Try keep the line and growth better, else be like "them" (people you might usually critique and complain about) by tangentially using this way which is less caring about details or more damaging the more you use it.

█ There is still time to undo / redo properly and work on "Do It Yourself" a bit more.

I'm watching in anticipation / redemption.... Make the right choice / get help first.

Don't be a #Sellout - get help / encouragement from others (I offer that too)

Why film sequels and people don't work...

...because the more detail you add... the more...

█ offended viewer / receiver can become...

█ it wasn't what they thought originally, or perhaps wanted something else in sequel etc (it was nicer for them when it was ambiguous or broader concept)...

█ it becomes too complex or detailed...

█ things are done in a time or feeling that can be lost or simply different (like a different film crew entirely or few essential employees were not there or there too much to reflect actual intended result)...

█ what we see is not the reality (or there is more to it than the film or person we see). This can change the whole perception (of what we see as end result since we don't see early production or life of person or film before)...

█ becomes more human or obvious someone is changing or developing the story - often people want it to "stay" as it is which means no change, which is sometimes impossible especially as things do tend to move or should be though films and people do like it to "stay the same" in memory or reality...

e.g. The forest i your childhood eventually dies... sad not just from using wood for fire or commercial logging but naturally some insects can come from time to time and clean out a forest...

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(Disclaimer: above or original premise is not "all the time", but reliably in my experience and more often as human observation / calculation, "more" = the things listed above come in equation a lot more...)
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#Relationship #People #Friendship #Films #Freedom #Project #Management

Matrix films & #AI / Sentient Machines

(What you might not know about the film!)

The machines allowed Zion to be created...

(Zion = city with massive series of caverns deep under the ruined planet's surface, close to the planet's core, for warmth, power, and protection)

The machines allowed Zion to be created as a method of coping with the problem of human choice, reducing but not eliminating the instability caused by those who rejected the Matrix.

In order to prevent the entire system from crashing, the machines must periodically destroy Zion and "The One" must reboot the Matrix and choose a group of people to rebuild the city.

Neo discovers that this cycle has occurred five times in the past and is about to complete its sixth repetition.

Stephen Faller writes in his 2004 book Beyond the Matrix that Christianity is the most dominant religious theme in the Matrix films

"Zion is biblically regarded as the city of God"

Niobe explains to Neo that in the 60 years following the end of the war, enough humans left the Matrix to cause a severe power shortage for the machines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_(The_Matrix)
#Matrix #Film #Facts #AI Theme

I ❤️ Potatoes (+great short video)

https://yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=LG-RYZtulbg&listen=false

Why film sequels and people don't work...

...because the more detail you add... the more...

█ offended viewer / receiver can become...

█ it wasn't what they though it was originally (it was nicer for them when it was ambiguous)

█ it becomes too complex or detailed

█ things are done in a time or feeling that can be lost or simply different (like a different film crew entirely or few essential employees were not there or there too much to reflect actual intended result).

█ what we see is not the reality (or there is more to it than the film or person we see). This can change the whole perception (of what we see as end result since we don't see early production or life of person or film before).

█ becomes more human or obvious someone is changing or developing the story - often people want it to "stay" as it is which means no change, which is sometimes impossible especially as things do tend to move or should be though films and people do like it to "stay the same" in memory or reality.

e.g. The forest i your childhood eventually dies... sad not just from using wood for fire or commercial logging but naturally some insects can come from time to time and clean out a forest.

)Disclaimer: above or original premise is not "all the time", but reliably in my experience and more often as human observation / calculation, more = these things above come in equation a lot more...)

Human Independence doesn't exist.

*Independence* = Freedom from control or influence of others.

Capitalism may just shift things so that you think you need others less but this way only ropes in / absorbs more dependence overall and often in a much longer dependent chain that is increasingly fragile or subject to takeover / power struggles.