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Diseased Thinking

I came upon this a little belatedly, but it's definitely worth a read.  Forbes' Rich Karlgaard considers the scourge of zero-sum thinking, and its role as "the source of human misery throughout the ages."

History overwhelmingly refutes these ideas, or else humankind would still be living in caves, sharpening its spears for the hunt. Our lives would be brutal and short, lasting on average about 30 years. We’d enjoy no books, movies or iPods; we’d drive no cars to visit grandma on Thanksgiving; we’d enjoy no pumpkin pie if the economic pie had not been growing all along.

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Diseased Thinking

I came upon this a little belatedly, but it's definitely worth a read.  Forbes' Rich Karlgaard considers the scourge of zero-sum thinking, and its role as "the source of human misery throughout the ages."

History overwhelmingly refutes these ideas, or else humankind would still be living in caves, sharpening its spears for the hunt. Our lives would be brutal and short, lasting on average about 30 years. We’d enjoy no books, movies or iPods; we’d drive no cars to visit grandma on Thanksgiving; we’d enjoy no pumpkin pie if the economic pie had not been growing all along.