Competiton. BAH! Excessive competition is the worst. Whu should humanity constantly compete with itself. We have long outstripped the need for competition in order to survive. We are no longer the mindless animals that abide by the laws of Darwin. We are sentient beings. We are self aware and we work much better united than divided. I do not mean to say that all competition is bad. The casual friendly competition is all well and good, it keeps people thinking.
But the constant competition to the knife in the world damages what humanity has created.
Men compete with each other to see who is the smartest. In the end it is the man that is only slightly smarter, slightly faster, slightly more attuned that gets all of the credit. And those who tried jsut as hard, who did just as much, who contributed just as much but did it a little slower are left behind.
Their acomplishments mean nothing. Their imput is unimportant. Their existance? HA. Why should they exist? They are not the best. They are always slightly worse, they do not matter.
Such competition benefits only one man. One of many. One who, despite his intellect and prowess in his field, still depends on the work of his "lesser" comrades. Who still must stand on the shoulders of his predecessors. Who can help humanity progress but only with the help of his "lesser" peers. But the "lesser" man's contribution is always unseen, unheard and, to the "greater" man, unimportant.
It was not one man who built civilization. It was not one man who hoisted humanity from the depths of oblivion. It was not one man who revolutionized the world. It was not one man who changed it. But it often takes only one man to take the fame and claim the glory.
For example, Sir Issac Newton, who was in his own right a genius, is often credited with the entirety of what is written in his Principia. I am not saying that he believed everything was his own, but that is what the vast majority sees.
Newton was not the sole creator of calsulus, his theories or his Principia. The foundations upon which his Principia rest were built by many men over many years. Many men who did just as much as Newton. Who conceived things that were deemed heretical at the time. Tho drove progress, but they are seldom remembered or mentioned.
The needless competition that goes on today does nothing but stifle human growth. It elevates one person above all for nithing but being a little better. It harms humanity. Many can no longer engage in thought or play or creativity because doing so would let others compete with them. It would let others take away the accomplishments of the person who is resting. What he did would mean nothing because someone else did it a little faster, or a little better.
Thoughts?
But the constant competition to the knife in the world damages what humanity has created.
Men compete with each other to see who is the smartest. In the end it is the man that is only slightly smarter, slightly faster, slightly more attuned that gets all of the credit. And those who tried jsut as hard, who did just as much, who contributed just as much but did it a little slower are left behind.
Their acomplishments mean nothing. Their imput is unimportant. Their existance? HA. Why should they exist? They are not the best. They are always slightly worse, they do not matter.
Such competition benefits only one man. One of many. One who, despite his intellect and prowess in his field, still depends on the work of his "lesser" comrades. Who still must stand on the shoulders of his predecessors. Who can help humanity progress but only with the help of his "lesser" peers. But the "lesser" man's contribution is always unseen, unheard and, to the "greater" man, unimportant.
It was not one man who built civilization. It was not one man who hoisted humanity from the depths of oblivion. It was not one man who revolutionized the world. It was not one man who changed it. But it often takes only one man to take the fame and claim the glory.
For example, Sir Issac Newton, who was in his own right a genius, is often credited with the entirety of what is written in his Principia. I am not saying that he believed everything was his own, but that is what the vast majority sees.
Newton was not the sole creator of calsulus, his theories or his Principia. The foundations upon which his Principia rest were built by many men over many years. Many men who did just as much as Newton. Who conceived things that were deemed heretical at the time. Tho drove progress, but they are seldom remembered or mentioned.
The needless competition that goes on today does nothing but stifle human growth. It elevates one person above all for nithing but being a little better. It harms humanity. Many can no longer engage in thought or play or creativity because doing so would let others compete with them. It would let others take away the accomplishments of the person who is resting. What he did would mean nothing because someone else did it a little faster, or a little better.
Thoughts?
