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Not Overthinking
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Then There's the Peter Principle.
Advantage begets advantage leading to social, economic and cultural oligopolies. People in a hierarchy will be promoted until they suck at their jobs - then remain where they are. The more recognition a scientist receives for a discovery, the more recognition he'll receive in the future – this is called the Matthew principle.
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