Hope vs. Reality

So, one of my recent posts (on Lebanon) had a hopeful tone to it. I think that was the result of writing and posting at midnight. I have tried to see the positive net sum … really. But I can’t help feel that everything going on is a zero-sum game (if not negative). Cooperation (even if it is self-serving), and not just competition, is the fundamental principle of game theory. Unlike the Von Neumann perspective – which aimed at such zero-sum games - John Nash developed a more complex equilibrium for multi-player games … which can be roughly applied by political analysts.

But why should we? We know better than that.

posted by Lazarus, 7:47 PM