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First Fails, Second Succeeds

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September 06, 2025

IMAGINE DRIVING ON a dimly-lit and unfamiliar road.

- By KIRAN KARNIK

First Fails, Second Succeeds

Despite your wariness, a sudden and deep pothole jolts you to the bone, besides badly rattling your car. What could you have done? The best strategy would have been to follow another car and watch its taillights for unexpected bumps.

Being behind - second - allows you to avoid (or plan for) unexpected obstacles which the front-runner encounters. The person who was ahead and first is stuck on the roadside nursing his damaged car while you drive past.

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