positive sum thinking
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positive sum thinking
good art makes you want to make your own art. it’s a positive sum game.
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Amanda Palmer • 8 highlights
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Education is positive sum—when I learn something, I can share with others.
But Harvard etc are zero sum—the more people that go, the less valuable the credential is.
Positive sum thinking is what grows the pie in a macro POV, but also in your own life. The more happy you are for others, the happier they’ll be for you.
Monopolies are bad. Violence is bad. Monopolies on violence turn out to be one of the best ideas ever. Go figure. #ThinkingIsHard
never badmouth your competition. it makes you look insecure.
Concerns about population growth are emerging again. A 2020 survey found that 39 percent of youth worldwide are hesitant to have children in the future because of climate change.
Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent overpop... See more
Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent overpop... See more
The environment needs more people, not fewer
this is provocative and probably true.
How to be more positive sum:
use envy as inspiration