If you have any recommendations about something to read on negotiating, I'd appreciate it.
I just looked at the wikipedia pages on it. Looks like the Fisher, Ury, Patton book _Getting to Yes_ looks like a sane intro. Counsels against common traps and mistakes.
Hmm, I guess negotiation is about cooperation among people with antagonisms, differing power and incomplete information about each other... Between people being at least a little bit prickish to each other, I guess. ;) Otherwise it'd just be "planning" or something.
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