A reporter once asked a farmer to divulge the secret behind his corn, which won the state agricultural contest year after year. The farmer confessed it was all because he shared his seed with his neighbors. ‘Why do you share your seed when you will be competing with them in the contest every year?’ asked the reporter.
‘Why Sir,’ said the farmer, ‘don’t you know? The wind picks up pollens from the ripening corn & swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grew inferior corn, cross-pollination would steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors do the same.’
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