[wolverine876]

Your experience with relationships, work, and community are different than mine. There's some competition, of course, but relationships, romantic and platonic, IME mostly rely on factors that have little to do with third parties; their success depends on the two people involved - I find that's true even for romantic, monogamous relationships with 3 or more parties as options. Most of my time at work is not spent competing, but cooperating and helping each other.

Mostly, people seem to love to argue about nihilism to some philosophical extreme, but let's separate that from real life.

> Community? What else do you think teens are seeking out online?

Does that mean community is or is not competitive? HN is a community but isn't much competitive.