New testimonial for ‘Defining Development’ – A new form of competition, the Humanitarian Competition.
Posted by Fausto Aarya De Santis on May 28, 2010 under Articles, News | 
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Against a global competition based on military, political or economic force, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi – a forward-thinking geographer, educational theorist and religious reformer, founder, in 1930, of the Soka Gakkai - defined a new form of competition, what he termed the humanitarian competition.
Makiguchi saw this shift not as merely representing a change in the venue or form of competition, but a qualitative transformation, from a winner-takes-all style of competition, to one conducted within a consciously acknowledged framework of cooperation, what today might be called a “win-win” mode of competition.
This concept of Humanitarian Competition, introduced by Makiguchi about one century ago, has been deepened and developed nowadays by Daisaku Ikeda, the current President of Soka Gakkai, with its Peace Proposal to the United Nations (2009)
→ Read the Article - http://www.eugad.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Humanitarian_Competition:_a_key_paradigm_for_the_twenty-first_century
→ Read about Development Aid – http://www.eugad.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Defining_Development
Wilma Massucco said,
Do you believe that the “Humanitarian competition”, as introduced by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Daisaku Ikeda, may be really feasible as new form of competition and new paradigm for the 21st century? In which way can it replace the current debated paradigms of “Growth”, “Sustainable Development” or “Degrowth”?
Fausto Aarya De Santis said,
When we work together in a project, we have an objective in mind; an objective which all of us want to achieve. If i fail in my task or anyone else fails… the project fails… so when i am in trouble you will help me, or if you are in trouble i will help you (for on that the success of the project depends). In a team my loss is your loss and my win is your win… and vice versa.
It is true that one can argue by saying that in the world many teams exist and they try to compete with each other – fact market forces are a proof of that. So, if Apple wins, Microsoft looses… and if i am Microsoft, well.. i loose and that is the truth. But here i’m looking only at me. I’m looking at a small scale, what does the larger scale depict? Is it the same? Has the computer industry lost? Have the customers lost? Well, i’m not sure of the answer, but… i know that a monopoly is never good for an industry nor for the consumer… for it takes away innovation and creativity, apart of the price game! So maybe, the WE (industry and consumer) haven’t actually lost… but created a more healthy market atmosphere.
The question which arise here then, is: “Is the world a you-me, or a us-us”… what i mean is, is the world one big team (the WORLD) or many individuals (Italy, USA, France, India, etc..) trying to achieve an objective?
As always in the history, communities have always expanded.. and today we have reached a stage where we are all of us are interdependent but we have a difficulty in accepting this interdependence. It makes us feel insecure. For me we should take this as we take our first day of college, our first date, our first day of work, or our first meet with the family of my fiance`… we all face this insecurity, but we move forward and we become part of the team.
In the same way, we need to open our minds see the development of the world a project where all of us are involved. A project where we are one team. A game where the rules have changed and we need to learn the new ones fast… for either we all win, or we all loose!
We are all in it together… and we can all win :)
Fausto Aarya De Santis said,
It is always important to understand if the degrowth of today might lead to a more healthy and sustainable growth of tomorrow!
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