We do champion competitiveness.
We chide people to 'get your head in the game.' If something isn't fun, we say 'where's the sport in that?'
And competition does have its place.
It shouldn't, however, be the natural default mode for all circumstances.
One example: the three-lane parkway I drive to and from work is not the place for competitiveness, but on the road I see more and more evidence of challenges, people vying for the best position, winning/losing, and so on.
In my pollyanna head, I wonder how driving might be improved if we all had a collaborative approach to getting from here to there. Isn't the goal for all of us to arrive at our destinations safely? Aren't we 'sharing the road' ? Doesn't my safety depend to some degree on your safety, and isn't my arrival somehow linked with your arrival?
Yeah, yeah. I know. Competition is fun.
I just wonder about the wisdom of our universal application of competitiveness.
More thoughts on this later.
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