‘The only guy who seems to have escaped the rankings game is Adam. He got into the record books without trying: Before him there was nobody. Eve had to settle for runner-up, and look what happened when she tried to get ahead by snacking on a piece of fruit…”
I am reading about what people wrote about the ranking game. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is president emeritus of George Washington University published in 2011 a witty article .
“The ancient Greeks picked up the game, fashioning bits of gold, silver and bronze to represent win, place and show. Earning an Olympic medal meant, and still means, you are the best of the best, the top dog in your chosen category of competition. It is absolute and objective, not relative and subjective. The best sprinter gets the gold because she is fast, not because she is popular…”
Thank you, Prof. Trachtenberg!
From RANKING to REPAIR! 