Creative but chicken?

Interesting back-to-back editorial pieces in The Plain Dealer yesterday: Brent Larkin ’s story about the growing  panic among Cleveland City Council members over the fact that that their city is declining more and more rapidly, they know radical change is needed, but no one’s stepping up to make it happen;  and Harold L. Sirkin’s commentary (apparently as yet unavailable on Cleveland.com) about the political and bureaucratic cement shoes our nation has strapped to its efforts to get anything done. 

Both are about political will and courage. But what they really address is the fear of change.

 No matter how creative we are, we’ll never move forward unless we have the guts to act on our ideas.  What is everyone so afraid of? And why is this fear part of our biology?