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Poll: When you experience a typical “win” in your life, what happens to median person close enough to witness it?
  • Nothing; wins are private
    30.9%
  • They win a bit too
    46.3%
  • They admire or resent
    21.5%
  • They lose a little or lot
    1.3%
311 votesFinal results
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There’s very few people who literally live off zero-sum wins. They’re not actually nourishing for the psyche. Even in sports there is a collegial sense of “we all win, sport advances.” This is what makes the culture war so abnormal. Humans aren’t built for a zero-sum win diet.
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