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It certainly doesn't run mine! And I get concerned about people who do let it run theirs :(
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Healthy competition is what keeps us innovative and interesting. Unhealthy competition is just annoying.
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It can, and often does. But it doesn't have to.
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It can, and often does. But it doesn't have to.
If you think "the standard" is set by others you will always be trying to place yourself on a proverbial ladder propped up in a parking lot. Some you will place below you and others above you. And then things like "worth" or "self esteem" will become functions of those who are perceived as "above you" being climbed over so they are "below you". You will treasure "entertainment" that shows people failing, people doing "things I would never do". You will treasure gossip about those as seen as above you (like stars?) so you can cluck and roll your eyes and gain a boost of self-esteem glorying in the fact that you are not like them (even though at some moments you might have seen them as "the standard".
It's all kind of a huge counter-productive boondoggle.
Because . . . what happens should you finally reach the very top of the ladder without falling to your proverbial death by someone who wanted to climb over you to put you down? You'll be stuck, at the top of a proverbial ladder in a parking lot wondering if this is all there is to life, or what to do next? And perhaps a flight to the pavement below might seem like the next logical step. (Just look at all the rich and famous who have "arrived" who then commit suicide).
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I generally compete only with myself. Example: "You need to get off Soul Pancake and go clean the house." "Just one more big question..."
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There is an element of living which is a competition against the forces of decay and degeneration .. But competition does not need to run much of modern living..
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There is an element of living which is a competition against the forces of decay and degeneration .. But competition does not need to run much of modern living..
These days, I have no need to compete with other people much if at all, cooperation on the other hand I like to do in spades.. And cooperative communities beat competitive individuals hands down.
(it should be noted that the best organisations organise themselves his way, whilst competing in the wider market place)
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I don't think it necessarily runs the lives of most average people. I've been watching the Olympics and in the case of those athletes competition does run their lives because they've sacrificed most of the lives for it. But they are the in what I consider to be to top 2 or 3 percent of the human race. They are not average. Most highly successful people are competitive. A little competitive nature is healthy too much can be damaging.
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