We think of context as a particularly human trait, but it exists in all living things.

FORBES: Age of Context Draft Introduction

The desire to fit in is a universal human trait and the stakes get much higher if you've got the only brown face in a white world.

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It is that uniquely human trait which seeks to express something that has never been expressed before, whether it is a sculptor seeing a slab of granite as a future statue, a scientist envisioning how a new chemical interaction might cure disease, or an entrepreneur dreaming of a new product in the hands of grateful customers.

FORBES: Connect

The explanation for this reticence is simple: self-criticism is an admirable trait in human beings but a potentially fatal one in politicians.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

The vaccine appears to sidestep HIV's bedeviling ability to mutate and evade capture by the human immune system, a trait that has stymied efforts to concoct an effective inoculation.

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While this is a common problem among traders, I see a similar trait playing out across our great land in the Human Resource departments and Investment Committees that are indirectly responsible for the fiduciary responsibilities of a vast majority of retirement plans and pensions.

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