WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? Press enter or click to view image in full size …nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin The life constant The most elemental explanation of why we do what we do was gifted to me by a good friend and entomologist. I had recently watched the 1995 film, Angels and Insects . I was amazed how ants spent their entire existence building these grand, beautiful, elaborate ant colonies — most deep in the woods or underground, never to be witnessed by humans. Anthropocentrically, I asked my friend, “What’s the point of all this beauty if no one sees it?” He graciously gave me a simple scientific answer, “To propagate their genes.” He explained that the sole motivation of all insects is to propagate their genes. All their behavior and actions are driven by this singular underlying force. But it’s not just insects.…