Secret 1. Life is Lucky

“The conditions that support life are rare. Life is lucky.”

-Mother Nature

Domain: Physics

Branch: Astrophysics

Pattern: Luck (probability of life)

Secret 5. Honey Grows on Trees

"Energy availability fluctuates, and it's important to acknowledge its potential abundance and scarcity."

-Mother Nature

Domain: Biology

Branch: Evolutionary Biology

Pattern: Variability (habitat)

Secret 9. It Takes a Team

"Energy transfer is more efficient when teams work together to optimize time and work. This maximizes the rate of energy collection and storage."

-Mother Nature

Domain: Psychology

Branch: Organizational Psychology

Pattern: Teamwork

Secret 13. Planning Saves Honey

"It's important to divide up resources in a way that improves efficiency, makes decisions clearer, and uses assets as much as possible."

-Mother Nature

Domain: Economics

Branch: Microeconomics

Pattern: Planning (system dynamics

in the local habitat)

Secret 17. The Game of Survival

"All living things are just passing through space and time. The survival of future life depends on your actions today. It's not your planet. It's just your turn."

-Mother Nature

Domain: Anthropology

Branch: Speculative Anthropology

Pattern: Far future (cultural evolution)

Secret 21. Honey is Survival

"The only way to do the work to improve habitat is with energy transfer. Regenerative systems create value for the world, for the self, and for the tribe. Energy must flow to create change."

-Mother Nature

Domain: Futurology

Branch: Environmental Futurism

Pattern: Strategy (regenerative systems)