How Silicon Valley's Palantir Wired Washington

Re:How Silicon Valley's Palantir Wired Washington by nitrogen on Sunday August 14, 2016 @05:49PM (#12287503)

I might venture to say it's negative sum, because the need to advertise in order to compete diverts resources away from positive sum activities (R&D).

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Re:How Silicon Valley's Palantir Wired Washington by solipsism on Sunday August 14, 2016 @10:54PM (#12288369)

"zero sum" doesn't mean "zero net benefit". It's about competition, not utility. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game

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Re:How Silicon Valley's Palantir Wired Washington by nitrogen on Monday August 15, 2016 @12:16AM (#12288601)

I know, I'm saying that one company'd ad spend negates their competitor's, and vice versa, so the more everyone spends, the more everyone loses. That is non-zero-sum, in the negative direction.

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