2006-11-18 07:33:33 · 6 answers · asked by dtiplov 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
This is an open but difficult question. But we are naturally competitive by being humans or animals. This is the world of survival of the fittest. But man's wants out weigh the the needs and if you mean why is the human race overly competitive when it is ridiculous? Then that is only the ego at work. For instance, would you need a BMW or would you just need transportation?
Do you need a diamond earring or do you just want it to adorn yourself to compete for looks and flash and dash to intimidate others into a competition? These are the questions that you need to address when asking this question. In what way are they competitive, and weigh it out before you enter the challenge for it may be a waste of time, because proving things not always is for the good of anything but the ego. On the other hand to compete for achievment in school to be a scholar, or a real estate agent, this is logical for it is yourself you are competing with even though surrounded by others it is a bouncing off effect when challenged by others in that case everyone benefits for you learn from each other and achieve a higher goal. And the higher goal is the Key here in your question. The outcome of every competition should be always weighed before the challenge and the moral things are always the higher goals in life no matter what.
2006-11-18 08:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three reasons:
1) A desire for a better, happier, more fulfiliing life requires all kinds of tangible and intangible "resources." This creates certain "wants" within a person.
2) To fulfill "wants" a person needs to acquire resources. Resources are scarce to begin with and more and more and more people are after them, competing for them.
3) All things come to she (or he) who waits, but only those things left over by the those who hustle (i.e. the smarter, faster, harder working, etc.).
If you fail to compete, even at the simplest level, you will perish prematurely.
2006-11-18 16:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human Nature.
In primitive times one had to be better than the average "Joe Soap" to survive, and therefore, not necessarily aggressively, one was automatically "in competition" with everybody else.
2006-11-18 17:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm in it for the arbitrary Yahoo! points.
2006-11-19 00:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human nature. The desire of power.
2006-11-18 15:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by E 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not everyone is, because I already beat you.
2006-11-18 15:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋