In the realm of finite games, some are based on abundance, others on scarcity. An election is a scarcity game. There are winners and losers, and the only way for you to get a vote is to take it from someone else. There are entire industries that are based on scarcity. Farming is about increasing yield on a finite piece of land. Network TV is about gaining market share at the expense of other broadcasters. But there are also finite games that involve abundance. Book publishers understand that one book rarely competes with another—the opportunity is to sell more books overall. Bookstores are
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