Robert Wright — The Evolution of God
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Non-Zero Sum of History
Philosopher Fylo saw the world as moving towards greater and greater interdependence. In game theory a zero sum game is a game like most sports where there's one winner and one loser. When you're in the same boat, when your fortunes are correlated, you're in a non-zero sum relationship. And I wrote a book before the evolution of God called non-zero that saw this interplay of zero sum and non-zeroSum forces as a kind of driving force in history.
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