Hawking

1. If I were your PR person, I'd be preparing to release some photographs or video of Hawking going into the submarine in/near the USVI (2006, right?) and a story about a "conference organizer and science philanthropist" who asked him what he wanted to do that he hadn't done yet, and then did the "Make-A-Wish" type magic of making it happen. Then, especially if it goes viral, a follow-on story/a leak/a comment/ about how the organizer was you (or you and the rest of the conference team).

You did a good thing!

2. I enjoyed very much our conversation last month. I'm a bit inhibited about following up via email, which is like sending postcards. Perhaps we can communicate by the smartphone application Signal, which is end-to-end encrypted? My mobile has it installed (1.415.846.3210).

Best wishes from SF and its remarkably pleasant spring weather, d.