Courtesy of Mtashed 5:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Y_6g0icbg
I have a question for everyone here. Why exactly, is letting others win, a positively viewed trend in our society? If you let your opponent win, you aren't teaching them anything. You aren't teaching them how to improve and learn from their experience. You aren't helping them at all; save for a brief feeling of accomplishment. Their victory, means nothing.
If this trend is propagated throughout the next generations of humanity, like how this current generation is doing, we could see an increase in entitlement, narcissism and the inability to accept and learn from defeat.
Today's lesson, is simple. Equality of outcome is a dangerous idea. Equality of opportunity however, is perfectly reasonable and should be embraced.
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The only times I purposefully let someone win are when I don't really want to play, or when I know I have a huge advantage but feel some sort of (sympathy/empathy?) for them. One example would be me (22 years old) playing a game of tag against a bunch of 12 year olds. Obviously, I am much more capable of winning due to physical limitations. But does that mean I should destroy their chances at winning? Well, I'm a pretty cool guy, so I let them win. They earn some confidence in themselves ("Wow, I just beat a grown-up!"). Now, put me against people within my own peer group, and if I want to play, I'll give it my all to stay on even footing. If I win, I win. If I lose, I lose.