Upon being awarded the prize of A$10,000 (equivalent to $36,011 in 2022), Young said that he did not know there was a prize and that he felt bad accepting it, as each of the other five runners who finished had worked as hard as he did—so he gave A$3,000 to 41-year-old Joe Record and A$4,000 to the other runners, keeping only A$3,000 for himself.[2] Despite attempting the event again in later years, Young was unable to repeat this performance or claim victory again.[8]

[–] ivanafterall 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Counter-point: he won the race by being the fastest runner. But I grant you it took him awhile to decide to run the race relative to average life spans and the age of the likely typical marathon runner, so we can just call it a draw.

Edit: Okay, I read the rest of the article. Quite a ride.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It was our evolutionary success as a human animal. We were never the fastest, strongest or even the most numerous at the start. But working slowly as a cooperative community, we conquered every liveable space on the planet. We can do the same online.

[–] PugJesus 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Persistence hunting corporate dominance, I can dig it

Someone fetch me my spear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And my axe!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago