Arrival’s Non-Zero-Sum Game Explained

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The aliens arrived for a win-win scenario.

SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Denis Villeneuve's cerebral film Arrival updated the sci-fi genre with a sophisticated and realistic vision of humanity's first contact with an alien race. 2016's Arrival was Villeneuve's first entry into the sci-fi realm which likely inspired the confidence for him to tackle major blockbusters such as 2017's Blade Runner 2049 and 2021's Dune.

Arrival stars Amy Adams as a leading expert linguist in the United States alongside Jeremy Renner who plays a theoretical physicist. The two are tasked with deciphering a nonverbal alien language after 12 massive alien vessels appear on Earth.

In Arrival, the concept of a non-zero-sum game is first brought up in an apparent flashback or dream sequence that Louise has involving her young daughter, Hannah. As Louise is occupied with her work one night at her home, Hannah approaches her to ask about the proper terminology for a deal that is made between two people in which both parties get something out of it.

Why Donnelly's Proposal To The Aliens Is A Non-Zero-Sum Game In Arrival Donnelly and Banks are able to figure out that the aliens have traveled to Earth because they will need humanity's help 3,000 years in the future. Banks gets lost in trying to comprehend their incredibly complex language system when their true message is one of the most basic elements of human nature: self-preservation.

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