TobyBartels comments on Rationality Lessons in the Game of Go - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TobyBartels 23 August 2010 03:46:36AM *  2 points [-]

But the really important thing about trade in the real world is that it can be win-win. Since Go is a zero-sum game, its lessons about economics will be distorted. (As will be its lessons about war.)

Comment author: Perplexed 23 August 2010 04:09:13AM 2 points [-]

I don't think he was talking about a lesson in international economics. It was more of a lesson against forming sentimental attachments to things that have been in your possession for a long time.