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World Game:
"The World Game I proposed for an exhibit in my dome in Montreal for the U.S. but the U.S. did not accept it as an exhibit but they did take my dome. I propose the World Game which would be played in the same comprehensive way that the navy has played war games-- through the ages, dealing totally with all resources.
"But with the computer comes a new capability. I have proposed that the United States have an enormous setup with miniature lights and have my map spread out flat so you see it as a football field. And there is an enormous bank of data in the inventory of world resources. You would then with the computer play the game which is the opposite of Von Neumann’s game theory, where it is assumed that one side has to lose. It is assumed that there’s nowhere near enough to go around, so one side has to die. He just plays off the dead and that’s all you have. Sum zero.
“There is another game which is not really played in any general way, except it’s sort of a lovely way, which is: ‘How can both of us win?’ Is it possible for both to be successful? Is it possible for all sides to be successful?”
