Exactly, I just made a post about it, competition and cooperation are not mutually exclusive, but are complementary, we need to receive help (cooperation), but we need to receive it from those who can best give it to us (competitiveness).

Some people make more money because they have connections, they network and gain favors, their friends favor them, despite having a lower quality output or being less good at doing something compared to others.

Exactly, I'm just preparing a publication on incentives to compete, and that touches precisely this point.

Great Publication!