Issue 61

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61. "High-profileawardssuch as the Nobel Prize are actually damagingto society because they suggest that only a few people deservesuch recognition."最高荣誉比如诺贝尔奖实际上是在损害社会，因为这种奖项在暗示只有少数人才配得上这样的荣誉。

Is high-profile damaging to our society? The author asserts that the harm of the high-profile will bring people's dissatisfaction for the reason that just a few people can get this recognition. I concede that the multitude certainly feel disappointed. However, the benift of this action is obvious indeed.

As a matter of fact,the issue above reveals a phenomenon concerning Matthew Effect, which roots in a allegory of "New Testament-Matthew". The definition of Matthew Effect is definited by the scholar that the good get better and the bad get worse. That is to say, relativing to these unknown researchers, the scientist and the celebrity always gained recognition and reputation easily.

First and fundamentally,the motivity of a person who makes great efforts for the sake of career comes from not only the individual interest but also the evaluation of the social commonage. Human are gregarious species, as a member of the social group, each of them needs evaluation to build his self-confidence and measure himself. Let's bring our discussion to a more present and practical context. It can be given concrete examples that the prizes, such as Oscar, Nobel and Clio, which are awarded to the realm of moviedom, science and advertising, are for encouraging the people who contribute to these fields.

Besides, just a few persons gained the recognition not only seldom damages the people's positivity, but cheers on the competitive mechanism of the social development as well. The competition can accelerate the improvement and enhance the efficienty in the society. It is just due to the competition that the new technologies are produced and invented, and that the competition urges much better servings; it just due to the competition that the persons with ability are cultivated, and that the comprehensive individual appears; it is just due to the competition that the culture and civilization are evolutive, and that the adaptive exist. However, we rarely neglect the negative influence arosed by the competition. Excessive competition bring about monopolization, such as Trust and Cartel, which make unfairness and stagnation in the realm of business.

Admittedly, the advantages mentioned above is beneficial to the society. Nevertheless, the government should aslo support the rookie who have pontential. For instance, two prizes in the Hugo Award, which is special to award the semi-prozines and fan-writers, is designed to spirit up the new writers.

In the final analysis, the author merely considers the negative aspect of this phenomena. Ture that the high-profile may strike people's positivity sometimes. It, whereas, goes without saying that high-profile benefit for the society, as Matthew Effect saying. Concurrence between positivity and negative is the objective law. Consequently, how to use the high-profile effectively is the urgent affairs.