A small bird sat on a fence looking out over a landscape with which she was not
familiar, looking for the rich pickings she had been told were to be found
there. Around her on the fence were a number of other small birds who knew the
landscape well and who knew where to find the rich pickings with which they
were familiar. Unfortunately the small bird who did not know the landscape well
was led in a direction which only met the needs of some of the birds, and she
missed the richest source for meeting the needs of all the different species of
birds across the entire landscape. As a result the natural eco-system suffered
in that place, and even the birds who thought they would survive on the sources
of food with which they were familiar suffered as a result of too narrow a view
of the landscape. Fortunately some birds acted more wisely and followed their
own instincts in maintaining the food sources of great value ignored by the
others. Good choices were also made by the birds living in other landscapes and
all bird species flourished.
Let the reader understand.
Fred Friend
Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL
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