That's because you've been thrust into a version of the game you've never seen before. It's as if you were a chess master having to play a match on a board with eight more squares than regulation size, or as if you were a basketball star having to compete in a contest in which slamdunks were illegal and you had to hop on one foot every five times you dribbled the ball. As soon as you figure out the quirky new rules, though, I'm sure you'll be checkmating kings and swishing three-pointers. I predict you'll have a rather drug-like effect on people this week. I recommend that you whip up a frenzy of support for your pet project and lead a charge in the direction of the far horizon.
Biologists recognize four styles of partnership in nature.
In the parasitic mode, one creature damages another in the process of exploiting it. The commensal is likewise based on exploitation, but doesn't cause harm. In the epizoic type, one partner carries around the other on its back but receives nothing in return. It's only the symbiotic relationship that can be considered mutually beneficial. The ancient Romans celebrated a festival called Charistia on February 22.