# competition (social)

When separate individuals strive to obtain the same limited resource, their efforts influence one another.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: competition

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [goal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-goal.purpose), [resource](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-resource.material), [get](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition), [interacting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interacting.social), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort)

**Through:** Distinct entities exert effort to acquire the same resource, and their actions mutually influence each other through social interaction.

**Novel properties:**
- mutual influence under scarcity
- conflicting access attempts
- emergent rivalry

## Examples
- In 2023, NVIDIA and AMD competed for market share in AI chips, each releasing faster GPUs within months of the other. *(economics)*
- Lions and hyenas in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park kill each other's cubs to reduce competition for prey. *(biology)*
- During the 2020 U.S. presidential election, both major campaigns targeted Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes as a decisive resource. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [sports](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sports.activity) (L17)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-competition.social*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-competition.social.json*  
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