You can meet conspicuously successful people, who have got a lot to say about their ideas, with not much space for conversation and exploration. They hold court. That is not impressive because their (and all of our) ideas are limited. Everyone we engage with presents an opportunity to learn, unless what you are really doing is promoting your own ideas. Evangelising. Civilising. Imposing.
David Attenborough asks us to take more seriously the power of the wild and biodiversity. Rather than scaling up our ideas and creating vast mono-cultures. The goal is not knowing the solution. It is about trying different things and having capacity to adapt, adjust, and accommodate a dynamic environment that is chaotic, nuanced, and deeply complex. An environment we know we do not have capacity to understand. If we let go of the attempt to scale control, while still engaging with an active feedback loop, the goal shifts to building a practice.
Risk tolerance is not simply a trade-off. Return is not a reward for taking extra risk. Snap that idea. Risk tolerance is the capacity to listen, unlearn, learn, and create. It is meaningful creation you are rewarded for.
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