Zero-Sum Vs. Non-Zero-Sum Thinking

Zero-Sum Thinking is a cognitive bias that describes a circumstance where one party's subjective thinking is that the situation is a "zero-sum game" — where one person's gain would be another's loss. In contrast, Non-Zero-Sum Thinking describes a circumstance in which the interacting parties' subjective thinking assumes that aggregate gains and losses can be less than or more than zero (i.e. win-win).