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We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

— Howard Raiffa The Art and Science of Negotiation (1982)

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A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

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Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders).

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Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say to Mr. X as he confronts the morass of his problem.

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Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

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Each party tended to view its own chances in court as better than the other side viewed them.

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