zero-sum

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a system, where all gains are offset by exactly equal losses.

   • Dalio is right, but somewhat self-serving. If hedge-fund managers are playing a zero-sum game, what is their social utility? […] Can it really be in America’s interest to have so much of its young talent playing a zero-sum game?
   • When disorder reigns, humanity tends toward an extraction system. This kind of existence is one of low trust and zero-sum, where people are replaceable, the past is overlooked, and those who react quickly prevail.
2. 2

   Ellipsis of zero-sum game, zero-sum situation, etc.

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