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		neilshah29 on April 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What concept would improve everybody's cognitive t... Zero sum means there is only one apple, and either your kid gets it or mine does. Not everything is zero sum.

__s on April 7, 2020 [–]

Not only that, but it means the apple can't be destroyed. Zero sum excludes both win-win & lose-lose. There's no concept of waste

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