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← Competition within society is a contest for the means of enjoyment, not for the means of existence

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 28 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under war war Everything filed under family family Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under patience patience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Competition within society is a contest for the means of enjoyment, not for the means of existence Competition within society is a contestfor the means of enjoyment, not for themeans of existence TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition is war, which at best pursues one’s own advantage at the cost of someone else’s loss — tap to centre the map on it Competition is war, which at bestpursues one’s own advantage at thecost of someone else’s loss WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species — tap to centre the map on it Nature tends, though not alwaysfully, toward avoiding competition,which is always harmful to thespecies PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it. — tap to centre the map on it Competition drives skill, andsparing young people the struggleonly defers it. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition is not the rule among animals or among humans; among animals it is limited to exceptional periods — tap to centre the map on it Competition is not the rule amonganimals or among humans; amonganimals it is limited to exceptionalperiods PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: You escape competition through authenticity, because no one can compete with you on being you. — tap to centre the map on it You escape competition throughauthenticity, because no one cancompete with you on being you. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition treated as the main thing in life is too grim to be a basis of life for more than a generation or two — tap to centre the map on it Competition treated as the mainthing in life is too grim to be abasis of life for more than ageneration or two BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fighting to keep something damages the very thing being fought for — tap to centre the map on it Fighting to keep something damagesthe very thing being fought for Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it Agitating for social equality isfolly; progress must come fromconstant struggle, not artificialforcing Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it 'Money won't make you happy' is asocial truth, not an individual one. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it Achievement is wonderful when youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself. — tap to centre the map on it Career is a means for maximizingutility rather than an end initself. Last stated a year ago 2 Oct 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul — tap to centre the map on it Equality's danger is absorbingpeople in permitted pleasures, whichmay enervate rather than corrupt thesoul AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it Essentialism means rejecting theidea that if we can fit it all in,we can have it all Last stated 12 years ago 26 Jul 2014 GM Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Competition within society is a contest for the means of enjoyment, not for the means of existence Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Thomas Henry Huxley Read this korrent →