2026-03-12
Ancient political books are too zero sum
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- Examples - Chanakya Neeti, Sun Tzu Art of War, Lord Shang's book, The Prince by Machievelli
- Politics is zero sum and low trust in general, but books written before the Enlightenment are even worse.
- To be clear, zero-sum low-trust thinking is useful in today's world. Just because the pie is growing doesn't mean it doesn't matter who gets how much of the pie. Positive-sum ventures also make enemies and take power from them. Just that, that is not your primary job.
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