From: Jei (jei@cc.hut.fi)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 08:50:57 MST
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, David McFadzean wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Henson" <hkhenson@rogers.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:56 PM
>
> > >I would add non-zero sum game rather than zero sum game.
> >
> > Ah! Sorry about the typo, I hope the included references made it clear
> > that that's I meant too.
>
> Clear enough that I actually read it as "non-zero sum". I agree that those
> who do best in life will seek out and participate in many non-zero sum
> games. But I don't think zero sum games can be avoided entirely, so life
> is a mix of both kinds: zero and non-zero, also finite and infinite games.
> I don't see any need to qualify "game" in Lucifer's First Law:
> "Those who are doing best in life are playing it like a game."
And the final score is measured in American dollars
that you managed to spend during your lifetime?
Somehow I don't feel like playing if that's the game.
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