Naval's framework flips the usual logic: competition is not a signal of a good market — it's a signal that you're copying what others are already doing. Copying adds supply to an existing pool, which drives prices toward commodity returns. Authenticity, by contrast, means doing what only you can do, which by definition cannot be replicated. The escape from competition is not to out-execute competitors but to act from an originative source no one else can occupy.
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