"Neoliberalism can reduce well-being by promoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness"
Submitted by zed2 on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:31pmA new paper:
competition
May the Best Man Win
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 03/04/2020 - 8:28amWe base our entire politics on the idea that we're living in a meritocracy. In other words, like the knights of old at a joust, we find out who is best through competition, a competition assumed to be both fair and honest. In the old days, the joust was assumed to be fair and honest because God was both omnipotent and just and therefore, obviously, would not allow a bad man to win.
Tuesday Open Thread ~ The Culinary Challenge
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 4:56am
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“If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. ” ~ Criss Jami
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Good Morning!
Welcome to Tuesday's Open Thread. The month of September is a lean month for Trader Joe's crew members at Store #171. On September 1st, our manager initiated a “Biggest Loser” contest at our store along with a $300 prize as incentive. Little did I know when I signed up what these guys are capable of in their quest to win. Ice cream, doughnuts, and fried chicken showed up in the break room, mysteriously, during the first week of the competition, followed by some smack talk about which one of us would not last till the end. As a fellow competitor you know what I say? Bring. It. On.
Competition Makes us our Own Worst Enemies
Submitted by Dirk Droll on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 12:52pmSee my Political Storm article to see what I mean:
The Competition Curse
Our society is one based on the principle of human-to-human competition or what I like to refer to as a dung heap society. Especially in the U.S., we are indoctrinated as children […]
