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Winning is a requirement of competition. (School systems take note). From competition comes the very best of the human species; often along with the very worst.

To say that winning is an illusion is to miss this larger reality. Individual wins are irrelevant in most cases, because they are only symptoms of a much more profound and important behavior. Ironically, winning is the most important thing in the world to the human species.

Unless you have some other method to achieve the best of the human species, I'd be careful how much hatred you direct towards competition by discounting winning.



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