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In a win-win society, many games that seem to be zero-sum games can often be resolved through negotiation. A "zero-sum game" is a game in which one party gains its own interests at the expense of one party. In real life, many behaviors that harm others and are not beneficial to oneself actually stem from competition. Only a harmonious competition and cooperation mechanism is a good way to develop.

Zero-sum game is an important concept in game theory, which means that in a game between two sides, one party will inevitably benefit the other side, and the other party will lose as much as one party gains. Therefore, it is called "zero sum" because the "gains" and "losses" of the winners and losers are added together, and the total is zero. In a zero-sum game, there is no chance for the two sides to cooperate.

In a zero-sum game, the heavy gamers win and lose, and the sum of the gains and losses of all parties involved in the game is zero. In general, there is always one player who wins and one loses, and if a win counts as a score and a loss counts as -1 point, then the sum of the scores of these two players is: 1+(-1)=O. It's like playing cards with several people, there are winners and losers, but the sum of the winners and losers is equal.

A zero-sum game is a non-cooperative game with a slight change, which means that Party A's gain in the game must be Party B's loss, that is, the sum of the gains of each game party is zero. In a zero-sum game, each player aims for their own best interests when making decisions, and as a result, neither the best interests of the collective nor the best interests of the individual can be realized.

Unless there is a credible commitment or enforceable penalties to guarantee it, there is little cooperation among the players, so let's look at an example of a zero-sum game.

On a moonlit night, the fox foraged for food and came to a well, and when he saw the shadow of the moon at the bottom of the well, he thought it was a delicious cake. Overjoyed, the hungry fox stepped into one bucket and went down to the bottom of the well, and raised the other bucket connected to it to the mouth of the well. It was only later that I found out that this "cake" was not to be eaten. The clever fox made a big mistake and was in a very disadvantageous position, and if he didn't think about it, he would definitely die.

Three days passed, and still no animals visited the well. The fourth day came, and it was another moonlit night. Just as the fox sighed, a thirsty wolf happened to pass by, and the fox couldn't help but be overjoyed. He greeted the wolf, pointed to the moon at the bottom of the well and said, "Do you see this?" It's a delicious cake, made by the god of the forest with the milk of a sacred cow. If anyone is sick, just a taste of delicious food will make it all sick. I've already eaten half of it, and the remaining half is enough for you to eat. Just go down to the well in the bucket I prepared for you. I don't tell it yet. The fox tried to make the story as seamless as possible, and the wolf fell for it. The wolf went down into the well, and his weight lifted the fox to the mouth of the well, and the fox was finally saved.

In the story, the fox's behavior of harming others and benefiting themselves is a zero-sum game, that is, their total return is zero, and what one participant gains is what another participant loses, and the total return does not increase.

A zero-sum game is a game in which one side gains its own interests at the expense of one side. In today's win-win cooperative society, many games that seem to be zero-sum games can often be resolved through negotiation.

In reality, there are many behaviors like this kind of hurting others and stabbing oneself, and such behaviors are actually the root cause of competition. Therefore, we can not always think about their own interests, only the competition and cooperation mechanism of the enterprise is a good way for the development of enterprises.