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Stan Armstrong dedicated his entire life to science. Branded as a maverick and a risk-taker by his colleagues, his unorthodox experiments and outlandish theories of time and space resulted in loss of funding and, ultimately, his termination from tenure at the university where he’d spent his entire career. Stan’s insatiable quest to explore extreme hypotheses and to prove the unproven were matched only by his neurotic lust to peel back the mysterious layers of time and space to expose the hidden secrets of the universe.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent - we're at the bottom of the food chain.

Unless we give ourselves permission to thoroughly enjoy our lives and create practical operational ecosystems for our well-being, it will be improbable that we will ever be able to actually do so.

Why They Jump is a brief exposé on how many top-notch performers eventually undermine themselves due to a lack of mindfulness of their human condition and the lack of personal maintenance.