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eppur_se_muova

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31. Thanks for the book rec ... here's one in return.

Reply to SharonAnn (Reply #24)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 04:09 PM

Jun 2025

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/329317/the-winner-take-all-society-by-robert-frank/

It always seemed to me that one of the biggest problems with competition is that it leads to redundant efforts, with inevitable waste. It's worth remembering that evolution only functions by killing off less successful organisms at a prodigious rate. Corps and exculpatory pundits praise "free market competition", but as soon as they make it to the top they start fixing the laws (by paying the lawmakers) to make sure no new competition to their own monopoly can ever succeed. So the beauty of the free market is that someone else has to go out of business.

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Should be rquired reading "The Case Against Competition" by Alfie Kohn. SharonAnn Jun 2025 #24

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My grandson is in middle school theater. I agree. TBA Jun 2025 #39

Thanks for the book rec ... here's one in return. eppur_se_muova Jun 2025 #31

Thanks - link: Pinback Jun 2025 #38

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