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Zero-Sum vs. Positive-Sum Thinking

Zero-Sum vs. Positive-Sum Thinking: Why the Game You Think You’re Playing Determines Everything

Economists stumbled upon something interesting a while back. Two different default assumptions about the world that shape how people see almost everything. Zero-sum thinking. There’s a fixed pool of any specific good. For you to have more,…

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Critic vs. Revolutionary: How to Transmute What’s Wrong Into What’s Right

Table of Contents Criticism Is Cheap The Dopamine Hit of Being Right Shouting Into a System That Doesn’t Listen When Acting Locally Doesn’t Work Two Revolutions, One Lesson The Algorithm Loves a Takedown The Spectrum Between Critiquing and…

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