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I don't think that's entirely true. I think the idea that the only way to "win" in business is by pushing others aside is incorrect. This thinking assumes tha
by aaavl2821 8y ago
I don't think that's entirely true. I think the idea that the only way to "win" in business is by pushing others aside is incorrect. This thinking assumes that the economy is a zero sum game and there's plenty of reason to question that assumption. There are certainly elements in the economy that take value from others without creating any value in the process, but there are also people / companies that get wealthy by creating value, then capturing some of that value themselves.
Even at the most level of the most fundamental unit of the economy -- the worker -- being a team player is just as important as being a good individual contributor. For most jobs, "fit" is a huge factor in hiring.
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- 0db532a0 8y agoIt’s neither true nor false, and value is subjective.
- zawazzi 8y agoUS Productivity grows by 2% a year which suggests in aggregate, most people are playing a zero sum game.
- dasil003 8y agoThat just suggests disposable income is a zero sum game. Within GDP you can have massive disparities in value generated.
- sjjshvuiajhz 8y agoI think productivity is better conceived as the first derivative of value wrt. time. So productivity growth is the second derivative. It’s good news if that number is positive at all.
- AngryData 8y agoOver an undefined time span it isn't zero-sum, but on a day-to-day or year-to-year basis it might as well be zero-sum unless you can somehow get the world economy to grow faster than a few percentage points at a time. Especially when so much of that growth is tied up with not very liquid capital assets of a much smaller demograph of wealthy people.
- imtringued 8y agoI don't understand this argument. Just look at the hen breeding comment. The entire point is that "losing" can be more beneficial than "winning" but the highly efficient winners end up pushing out the sustainable losers. The end result is a local maximum (in relative terms, please spare me the fixed pie bullshit).