Clash of Objectives.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Sam_Mills

It's that the case he makes against winning is self effacing. It's like saying "I love to go on solo road trips but I hate driving and being alone."

To say you're inspired by competing but not inspired by trying to win is complete nonsense. It's the same thing.

That neatly explains why I'm not understanding you. You have merely misread his statement completely.

Originally Posted by faust1706

It's the act of competing, not the act of winning, that should inspire.

He didn't say that trying to win is not inspirational. He said that winning is not the part of the process that is necessary for inspiration. You've been focusing on the equivalence between "competing" and "trying to win", while not noticing that he hadn't distinguished between them. The difference between competing and winning is the one he was making.

You're basically saying the same thing he did. That's why your contrary "tone" confused me.