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| The race to the top is self-evidently the opposite of the ]. | The race to the top is self-evidently the opposite of the ]. | ||
| It is a process by which competition leads to the progressive strengthening of the greater whole. It may be used also in a more general sense of evolutionary trends gravitating towards the ]. | It is a process by which competition leads to the progressive strengthening of the greater whole. It may be used also in a more general sense of evolutionary trends gravitating towards the ]. | ||
| Since our region of the universe is said to be governed by the laws of ], it is less commonly observed. Therefore few extensive examples of this process are available. | Since our region of the universe is said to be governed by the laws of ], it is less commonly observed. Therefore few extensive examples of this process are available. | ||
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The race to the top is self-evidently the opposite of the race to the bottom.
It is a process by which competition leads to the progressive strengthening of the greater whole. It may be used also in a more general sense of evolutionary trends gravitating towards the greatest common denominator.
Since our region of the universe is said to be governed by the laws of entropy, it is less commonly observed. Therefore few extensive examples of this process are available.
Nonetheless, it would be unreasonable to think that a race to the bottom is more common than a race to the top. In reality, the two processes coexist and must coexist as do all balance of opposition in this universe. So while an optimist thinks that most things bubble to the top, and while a pessimist believes that most things trickle to the bottom, the likelihood is that the two process are both equally unstable and manage in the end to cancel each other out.