Response to "Human Competition."

Skyla's question was, "What would life be like if there was absolutely NO competition?"

Having zero competition in life sounds like a great idea, but I'm not sure that it could ever work. It is in our nature to be competitive. Even if most of us could put aside our selfishness and learn not to be competitive I don't think that everyone could. It would only take a few people to bring the whole system crashing down. That said I think that we've reached a degree of competition that concentrates power in the hands of fewer and fewer people (capitalism). I'm hopeful that someday we'll find a way to reach a balance of competition that will be beneficial for everyone, but for now that doesn't seem realistic. I don't think that we will ever be able to eliminate competition from our nature entirely, but there has to be a way to guide that competition in a more productive, less destructive direction.