In his essay, “Why Competition?” Alfie Kohn claims that competition will always be an unhealthy human behavior as it diminishes any “real human community.” Kohn believes that when one competes to be the “best,” they are never truly satisfied because there is always someone who has done better, but he ignores the fact that without some form of competition, humanity as a whole would not be where it is today. It is competition that propels people into new ages and forces them to adapt in order to evolve. Though competition can be good, it is not hard to find examples where it can be extremely destructive. The very same competition that may send a man to the moon will send two very strong countries at each other’s throats. During the height of
