There is an old adage that if you have a Coke machine and you put a Pepsi vending machine by it, instead of sharing sales, they will actually both do more - the psychological thought process is people ask themselves "which do I want" not "do I want one"... so is "competition" actually... bad?
I am coming to learn that it's not good for us when others fail. It hurts the entire perception of the category.
This is me exploring what it looks like to be focused on winning more than seeing others lose, because you are either spending energy copying or innovating.
