Innocent once found himself the only person thinking about productive ideas in a place that pushed against productivity — the right mind in the wrong place. That gap taught him something about pairings: put two passive people together and no progress comes of it; two aggressive ones in opposition and things go backwards.

What he took from it wasn’t to leave. It was to share productive ideas with the people around him, because wisdom is worth more passed on than kept.

And the gain comes back to him. “It is to our collective benefit to have wiser and more productive people around.” Sharing what you know is not only generous; it slowly changes the place you have to live and work in.