Just my tupence on the drive to win - human nature seems to revolve around the will to evolve.
Upon considering it, I guess that's the real purpose of our being here.

The universe is ever expanding/evolving, I guess we're just following suit.

In competition, the will to win - when we loose, we learn, and thus evolve from that loss.
But it was the drive to win that took us to that point.

It's also in human nature to capitalize on or exploit a vulnerability that we find in something/someone.

When the vulnerability is exploited, the victim, in a sense, learns to deal with his/her/it's vulnerability, thus, in a sense, becoming stronger, and therefore evolving.

These aspects of our nature all seemed to be geared toward evolution.


I think the internet is a very good example, as it was developed initially for military use. That is to say, it was developed initially as a means to capitalize on a vulnerability withing the opposition.

And I think it's arguably one of the greatest steps in modern technological evolution.