Try buying a pair of Jeans for the teenager. Then, any old pair will not do. Competition will drive athletes to permanently harm their bodies by taking performance-enhancing drugs. Competition may cause science researchers to adjust their results in order to produce conclusions that will enable them to receive financial aid. Once in every four years the eyes and ears of whole nations are held captive as they urge their competitors on in the Olympic Games.
Political parties are subject to competitive pressures, both from within the party and from without.
Multinational companies will re-locate whole industries off shore because of competition. Then there is the Guiness Book of Records where one can gain fame by attaining to obscure achievements. Such a document bears silent testimony to the preoccupation of humanity with competition. Being the first, going the furthest, making the biggest, becoming the fastest, these are the things that drive many people in our society. I have come to the conclusion that it s much more than we are often prepared to acknowledge.