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Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 00:02:04 JST Alfie Kohn

Those who lose a contest often experience resentment and self-doubt. But competition also does ugly things to those who win, this study showed: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120229104746.htm. Ultimately everyone loses when we're pitted against one another.
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  Winning makes people more aggressive toward the defeated
  
  In this world, there are winners and losers – and, for your own safety, it is best to fear the winners.
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  @alfiekohn Interesting! I only expected detrimental effects for those who lose and a neutral outcome for the winners
  
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