It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.

Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature.