Posted by Jost on August 28, 2006, at 19:51:08
In reply to Polarisation, posted by Declan on August 28, 2006, at 14:22:33
One thing is that we seem to be set up to experience/think about / make many things into zero-sum games.
For example, in a world of limited resources (which ours is), my resources are by definition not going to be yours. Since we also seem to be creatures of infinite desire, one person's good tends to subtract from another's.
Game theory is about this and other problems.
Jost
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