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bregma on Oct 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Canadian military tested propaganda mission on Can...

Unconstrained competition inevitably turns into a spiral to the bottom. The purpose of ethics and mores is to put a constraint on competition.

I guess the question becomes: is it more important to you to be right, or to win? Consider both the short-term and long-term effects of your decision.

esyir on Oct 29, 2020 [–]

The catch here being that if you lose, you can go to your grave knowing that you were right. You'll still be dead though.

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