Hi Manning...
thanks for the thoughts. It is a very compelling recollection you have made here.

There are many "near matches" of ideology... two things that provide similar results in one way but completely different results in another way. From my point of view, the story you just described contrasts the "near match" of COMPETITION vs. COOPERATION.

Both of those things help a group to better itself, but one of them does so in a way that is "win-win" while the other is always "win-lose"

Business, sports and war are complex examples of both competition AND cooperation. In those endeavors, people on one team cooperate to defeat the members of the other team. But my personal preference is in favor of pure cooperation. I don't like winning if it means somebody else has to lose. I prefer a negotiation of consensus, in which both sides are happy with the agreement.

Sports and business and war rarely work out that way.

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