When the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the 2015 NBA Finals to Golden State, LeBron James sat motionless in the locker room, staring straight ahead, still wearing his game jersey, for 45 minutes after the final buzzer. Here was a guy immensely wealthy, widely admired, at the peak of his powers - yet stricken, inconsolable.

I don't think the West needs to apologize - or pay - for having invented the steam engine.

As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.

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