Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Zero Sum (0 Σ) Game [FP]

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Jim Edmonds

The Zero Sum Game (0 Σ).  This is perhaps the easiest “game” to recognize because it is so universal in our experience.  We’ll identify it as Fundamental Principle 4a: An interaction between two or more people where the value of the … Continue reading →

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Games People Play – Introduction [FP]

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Jim Edmonds

Sorry that this is later in posting than planned.  Between this becoming a longer than anticipated labor in writing and with a bit of vacation interjected, too much time has passed.  So, onward… Whether we realize it or not, people … Continue reading →

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The Peter Principle – In Action

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Jim Edmonds

I came across a book review recently (nicely called Our Debt to the Plague on my iPad version of Businessweek) for a newly released book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson.  Once I … Continue reading →

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