Delayed Echoes

It’s not often that an answer on Quora ends up in the news, but this one was particularly good:

Long term success is usually achieved by getting a small advantage and then using that to get some other kind of advantage. In StarCraft, this can mean something like getting map control with a mobile army then using that to expand safely, which gets you an economic advantage, which then lets you get a huge doom army which will let you win the game. In life, this might mean something like being born into a famous Hollywood family which makes it easy for you to become an actor which makes it possible for you to star in a bunch of movies which lets you get a starring role in TV show like Two and a Half Men which leads to #winning. Artosis’ way of talking about this principle in StarCraft is by saying “When you’re ahead, get more ahead” (as opposed to just trying to go kill your opponent).