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Competition is for vainglorious losers (mostly men) - perhaps Vainglourious Basterds. There is always someone better than you, usually with a rare genetic gift
by mikhailfranco 3y ago
Competition is for vainglorious losers (mostly men) - perhaps Vainglourious Basterds.
There is always someone better than you, usually with a rare genetic gift, and/or an obsessive desolate life that is not worthy of any admiration.
Just compare yourself to how you were yesterday. If it is a moral quest, then monotonic progress in wisdom is the objective. If it requires physical or mental agility, then adjust your PBs by age.
If you compete and you cheat, you are a double loser - physically and morally.
- tantalor 3y agoAgree but I'd add a distinction: Competition with others is futile. Competition with yourself is productive.
- mikhailfranco 3y agoI think that's what I said, but your summary is more pithy. I love pith. The world needs more pith.
- FrankoDelMar 3y agoI generally disagree. Ideally, sportsmanship is be about appreciating the limits of human abilities. In that sense, the line between competition amongst others and oneself is blurred. Is it so hard to believe that people can compete against each other and also be supportive at the same time? It reminds me of the moon landing and the shared feeling that we, as humans achieved it, not necessarily just the US in its arms face against the Soviets.
- automatic6131 3y agoPure cope. Mad cuz bad.