# Matthew principle

`kaal:entity:matthew-principle`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `matthew-principle`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782193-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-001) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because more powerful members of a hierarchy are better positioned to capture whatever power becomes available, power distribution in an entrenched hierarchy becomes exponential, leaving the majority with minimal power and wealth. That discontent of the majority is the first destabilizing force acting on a centralized organization.
  > As the hierarchy becomes more entrenched, this exponentially distributed power structure crushes those at the bottom, leaving minimal power and wealth for the vast majority of people. The discontent of the majority is the first destabilizing force of a centralized organization.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
- [3782193-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-034) [mechanism/argued] -- Focusing rewards on reputation rather than on immediately fungible cash encourages decentralized organization because it disperses power fairly: anyone with equivalent talent is equally acceptable, those already employed are unavailable, and the exponential rich-get-richer concentration of power is diminished.
  > Finally, a focus on reputation instead of immediately fungible cash rewards encour- ages decentralized organization because it disperses power, and it does so fairly.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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