It was one of those quiet evenings when conversations at the dinner table took an unexpected turn, leaving you with thoughts too heavy to dismiss, too profound to ignore. My brother, Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation, a man who maps geopolitics and global trends with a sharp mind and a hopeful heart, paused mid-meal and said, almost casually, You know, everything comes down to just two things--fear and greed. The rest is inane.