As the old Indian story goes, when the new chess game was presented to a great king, the king offered the inventor any reward that he wanted. The inventor asked that a single grain of wheat be placed on the first square of the chessboard....
Lifelong I have been interested in what brings people together and connects them. People relate around similarities. We find something that we have in common that makes us comfortable with another – whether it be “knowing Philadelphia” or “interest in the same books or sports...