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To: No Mo Mo who wrote (3278)	12/1/2005 2:09:04 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

Competition is the lifeblood of capitalism. We all know that directed greed is the highest evolution of humanity. Anything more would be something really terrible like universal health care, or preservation of the environment or some silly socialist crap like that.

To: No Mo Mo who wrote (3278)	12/2/2005 12:41:20 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 24213

"My wish would be for people to see that any competition is no longer necessary. (I know, dream on.)" When people compete to be the best at something that leads to a beneficial and superordinate outcome, the competition is healthy and lifts all of the participants in consciousness and in general well being. The good measure is to measure progress toward the beneficient goal. In that sense as people measure their progress they are noting their improved well being and the beneficial improvements to their constituency at large. The negative measure of competition is based in social comparisons. We damage our brethren when we note their failures or defeats in comparison with our successes or conquests. We ultimately damage ourselves as well, since such status is bound to be unseated. For example: children in grade school are focused on the measure of their improving reading scores they tend to greater and greater motivations to read and explore literature. It is a measure against a beneficient goal of learning and becoming a more skilled, capable and contributing member of the greater society at large. In a sense they are competing against the learning criteria which can only show progress with effort over time. They are encouraged by the knowledge that their peers are struggling elbow to elbow to get ahead on the same criteria. When the same children are given only comparative information about how they are doing against some social other, they are more likely to become threatened and inhibited regarding the reading venture.