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The person history forgot to ask how many times they failed first.
means The person or thing that comes out on top in a contest, competition, or struggle.
from From 'win,' tracing back to Old English 'winnan,' meaning to labor, strive, or struggle — a cousin of words meaning toil and endure found across old Germanic languages. The sense of 'triumph' grew out of that grinding root: you had to fight for it before you could claim it. 'Winner' as the agent noun — the one who did the winning — followed naturally once the verb settled into its victorious meaning, with the striving quietly buried underneath.
- survivorship bias
- we study them and ignore everyone who tried the same thing
- timing
- often just luckier about when, not better about how
- definition
- whoever wrote the scoreboard decided what counts
- half-life
- today's winner is tomorrow's cautionary tale