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It manifests itself in several ways. Economics, evolution, grades, the job market (employers and employees), businesses competing against one another, countries competing against one another, etc.

Seems there's no better way. Do you agree?

PhilX

Cooperation.

Cooperation.

Skip wrote:Cooperation.

Thank you for your cooperation, Skip.

Consensus.

Consideration.

Compassion.

Courtesy.

Comedy.

Not a big fan of competition, me. It's okay for games, training the young in skills and establishing who is most qualified for which position in a team.
But for everything else, it's hugely wasteful.
Think of car manufacturers. Do you really need four big corporations, duplicating the same design flaws in 40 almost-identical models with different names? (while driving the nation's economy toward an abyss...) Wouldn't it be more efficient for the CEO's to have a meeting and decide which of them will make cars, which will specialize in farm machinery, public transport vehicles and energy generating equipment? Then concentrate on doing that one thing very well. Save a bundle on adverts, too - nobody can tell the damn cars apart, anyway, whether they're stunt driving in a desert, a blizzard, a mountain or a parking lot.

Wouldn't it be sensible for the fund-raising committee chairs of all the charitable organizations to have coffee party every January, and portions out the events, rather than everybody having craft fairs one year, fish suppers the next, or raffles or casino nights. What happens is, they all compete for a public of limited interest-range, while 70% of potential income sources is offered nothing they enjoy.

Wouldn't it result in a better computing experience if no software company rushed a new product to market, without adequate testing and debugging?