(I unupvoted myself because I like papetoast’s reply better than mine.)
Yeah, as “Zero Sum” is a misnomer points out, “zero-sum” is equivalent to “constant-sum”. But it doesn’t quite carve reality at the joints, so arguably nitpicking about the technical definitions is less valuable than thinking through the kinds of strategic situations there are, as you’re doing, and defining better concepts, as Abram’s doing.
(I unupvoted myself because I like papetoast’s reply better than mine.)
Yeah, as “Zero Sum” is a misnomer points out, “zero-sum” is equivalent to “constant-sum”. But it doesn’t quite carve reality at the joints, so arguably nitpicking about the technical definitions is less valuable than thinking through the kinds of strategic situations there are, as you’re doing, and defining better concepts, as Abram’s doing.