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The Matthew Effect
- WheelsAtLarge 7y agoSo true, the riches families will accumulate wealth at a rate that will make them the riches families forever at an exponential rate. By the way, this also applies to personal knowledge the more you learn the easier it will be for you to accumulate more knowledge in relation to others. It's nuts how much the Matthew Effect applies to the accumulation of X.
- mgh2 7y agoAs with anything secular, this parable has been misinterpreted to suit worldly matters. The original parable refers to resources used to do good, thus the growing investments is not only about material wealth but as well as any other kind of resources (wisdom, knowledge, time, love, etc) to do the most good for people. Refer to Luke 12:48 and the parable of the shrewd manager for a better context https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/does-jesus-commend-dishonesty-in-luke-16 https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/does-jesus-commend-di...
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