Invisible competition

Another from the geek shall inherit the earth file:

The greatest gains in this new world are likely to go to people who are methodical planners or who love the game for its own sake. Some people plot their competitive strategies far in advance. These �planners?�be they crazy or just highly �productive?�don?t need anyone breathing down their necks, and indeed they often work best alone or in small groups. ... Planners? behavior may manifest itself in competitive forms, but their underlying psychology is often not very rivalrous at all. They are ordering their own realities, usually for their individual psychological reasons, rather than acting out of a desire to trounce the �competition.

The ?invisible? quality to competition in massive distributed groups is leveling the playing field, or is it simply providing a medium for expression, an outlet or conduit that doesn?t necessarily favour the brash and classically competitive who thrive in s smaller context?

The New Invisible Competitors - by Tyler Cowen