I do see your point. But I feel we only need to look at, say, passing the exams to get into IIT, or at the South Korean school system, to see where this leads.

I do see your point. But I feel we only need to look at, say, passing the exams to get into IIT, or at the South Korean school system, to see where this leads. At some point it's just too much, and it doesn't matter how fairly the Hunger Games are administered. Let me put it another way: It's extremely destructive to a society if too much effort is channeled into zero-sum competition within that society.