RE: virus: META: a rule for the list

Eva-Lise Carlstrom (eva-lise@efn.org)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:15:37 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, David McFadzean wrote:

> The world is what we make it. The universe isn't fair, justice is an
> invention of conscious agents. Those of use who care about fairness
> will seek out each other and play non-zero sum games. The rest of you
> can play predator and prey if you like.

Many zero-sum games are in fact very concerned with "fairness", and
include referees and umpires to decide such issues. I wouldn't say a
concern with "fairness" is a good sign that you're playing a non-zero-sum
game.

Eva,
who notes that Nomic, like life, may or may not be a zero-sum game,
depending on what the players make of it.