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THERE ARE at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.
Finite and Infinite Games
James Carse
So here's the recipe for impressing investors when you're not already good at seeming formidable:
1. Make something worth investing in.
2. Understand why it's worth investing in.
3. Explain that clearly to investors.
How to Convince Investors
Paul Graham
Logical positivism, later called logical empiricism, and both of which together are also known as neopositivism, was a movement in Western philosophy whose central thesis was the verification principle (also known as the verifiability criterion of meaning). This theory of knowledge asserted that only statements verifiable through direct observation or logical proof are meaningful in terms of conveying truth value, information or factual content. Starting in the late 1920s, groups of philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians formed the Berlin Circle and the Vienna Circle, which, in these two cities, would propound the ideas of logical positivism.
Logical Positivism - Wikipedia
empirical sciences
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