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> "zero sum" is a hateful philosophy. It means I'd kill your children because if that's terrible for you it must be oppositely great for me If you managed to s
by core-questions 7y ago
> "zero sum" is a hateful philosophy. It means I'd kill your children because if that's terrible for you it must be oppositely great for me
If you managed to simplify the equation down to "kill their children or die yourself" through some desert-island scenario, then yeah, sure. Normally problems involve more variables than this.
- neilshah29 7y agoZero sum means there is only one apple, and either your kid gets it or mine does. Not everything is zero sum.
- __s 7y agoNot only that, but it means the apple can't be destroyed. Zero sum excludes both win-win & lose-lose. There's no concept of waste