> Most things in life are win-lose — someone gains, and someone loses. But networks are one of the few things that are win-win.
That's one of the saddest things I've read all week, and I think profoundly wrong. Does one party or the other really lose in most things in life? Surely it must be the opposite - both parties in a voluntary transaction or interaction have gained something by it.
I once had a friend who explained a similar idea this way: "There is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. Whenever anyone gains wealth, it always means that someone else has to lose wealth."
That's one of the saddest things I've read all week, and I think profoundly wrong. Does one party or the other really lose in most things in life? Surely it must be the opposite - both parties in a voluntary transaction or interaction have gained something by it.
I once had a friend who explained a similar idea this way: "There is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. Whenever anyone gains wealth, it always means that someone else has to lose wealth."