We need to realize the truth: the more that something is created, the more abundance of that thing exists! For a healthy vibrant community to flourish it is vital to adopt this mindset. Let us examine why competition can hurt not only others but ourselves, and why collaboration is the more beneficial choice. Animation by Libby VanderPloeg Scarcity is a construct. It is normal to feel this way, to fear there is only a small amount of something such as a limited audience, number of students or customers. Society has conditioned us to fear that if others succeed that they will take this something from us. We have all grown up to believe there are finite sources of even things that are bountiful and once these are gone there is none left for us. Social scientists note how those in power artificially create these scarcities in order to control both the spending and labour of individuals [1] [2] . So scarcity is a concept instilled by our society even when it doesn't exist that r
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