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Only if you use a vacuous definition of "growth" that fails to distinguish between an actual change in the underlying physical situation and a change in people'

• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > if you use a vacuous definition of "growth" that fails to distinguish between an actual change in the underlying physical situation and a change in people's perceptions No, this is fundamental game theory. Independent of what you’re measuring, if it isn’t growing, the game is zero sum. By definition. Of course if something else is growing that game may not be zero sum.
  • lisper 4y ago
    You are confusing the map with the territory. Mathematical models are only useful insofar as they correspond with reality. Go back to your original claim: > Zero growth means zero-sim [sic] games. Pre-modernity. Sucks to be poor if you’re born into that world. China is the second-largest economy in the world, and the fastest growing. Liechtenstein's economy and its growth rate are a tiny fraction of China's. But if you had a choice between being an average resident of China or an average resident of Liechtenstein you'd be a fool to choose the former no matter what game theory tells you. What you choose to measure matters. A lot.