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Thankfully, no one living today exists in systems of two individuals. We all live in complex societies with multiple systems that can, and do, move beyond just
by turtledove 4y ago
Thankfully, no one living today exists in systems of two individuals. We all live in complex societies with multiple systems that can, and do, move beyond just zero sum addition.
- endisneigh 4y agoEven in a complex society relative standing is still zero-sum.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoOnly if you have perfect information. And for the people for whom equality of opportunity really matters the standing of those near the top is, at least at the start, unassailable.
- endisneigh 4y agoIt has nothing to do with information, it's simply logic. You have a line of 5 people waiting for a cashier. There's no magic. Moving someone else to the front will result in someone else having to wait. Zero sum.