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Picking Winners Breaks My Heart

Picking Winners Breaks My Heart

Why must we pit artists against one another?

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Amy L Bernstein
Mar 12, 2024
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I concede that in life, and especially in America, we are asked all the time to pick winners and losers, even if the process for doing so is deeply flawed.

Capitalism, for instance, is a vicious win-lose system that creates ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots.’ (So long, Horatio Alger.)

Athletes sometimes court death in pursuit of winnin…

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