Grewd- so what happens to the guy that has improved himself and is a top level competitor and still has difficulties? Whats the solution to that problem?
Its like the US Military giving its technology to foreign nations. We were at one time the greatest Military in the world. Now days we ship used F-16's to almost any foreign nation that will pay money. The F-16 is no longer superior technology, however it gives capabilities to nations that never had such making them more effective than ever before. Now these foreign nations can reverse engineer our technology and improve upon it. Eventually we will have some serious competitors on our hands. It won't be so easy. The price to play will go up. That's how competition works. I've been a part of it for a long time and still am.
You certainly don't retain power by giving it away. You keep what you learn, your keep the technology you develop, and you try not to inform them. You don't want to fix their problems(give them power) because they will use it against you and that's exactly what is happening.
There is a point where you can only keep improving so much. The better you get, the smaller advancements you make. Then what?