“Zero-sum games deal with resources that neither increase nor decrease in amount – they only shift from one player to the other. Given your present frame of mind, were you to speak now, I’m afraid you might say something rash. I would feel it incumbent to offer a rejoinder. As a result of this exchange, you would be mortified and humiliated, which – as dictated by the rules of game theory – would increase my influence and status at your expense.”
