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the reason you run faster when someone's chasing you than when you're alone
means a contest or rivalry between people, businesses, or organisms striving for the same prize, market, or resource that only some can win
from From Latin 'competere,' which originally meant 'to strive together' or 'seek together' — built from 'com-' (together) and 'petere' (to seek, aim at, or rush toward; the same root that gives us 'petition' and 'appetite'). The lovely irony is that 'competere' once carried a cooperative flavor of meeting at a common point; over time the 'together' soured into 'against,' and English borrowed it in the 17th century already meaning the scramble where everyone seeks the same thing but not everyone gets it.
- runner-up gift
- Olympic silver medalists often look sadder than bronze winners
- evolution
- peacock tails exist purely to outshine rival males
- price wars
- two gas stations on a corner is no accident
- red queen
- species must keep evolving just to survive rivals
- home field
- crowds measurably tilt referees toward the host team
world cup — fifa tournament held every 4 years with 32-48 national teams competing for the sport's highest prize
olympics — summer games held every 4 years in different cities, featuring 10,000+ athletes across 330+ events
wimbledon — annual tennis championship in london since 1877, the oldest grand slam tournament
formula one — motor racing world championship with 20+ races annually across different countries