" I think I was always interested in the larger world, even as a kid, and my experiences as a journalist only heightened that interest. Covering conflict, I learned that though leaders often try to create a sense of " us" and " them," the differences are not that delineated. I often felt like it was a whole bunch of " us," with some of " them" scattered around. That made me feel that the borders we draw around ourselves are often artificial. "