From the article: First is low-hanging fruit. In fields like science and mathematics, one may suggest it is easier to make earlier breakthroughs versus subsequ

From the article: First is low-hanging fruit. In fields like science and mathematics, one may suggest it is easier to make earlier breakthroughs versus subsequent ones If it's low-hanging fruit, then do it, pick some of that fruit, astound us with your ideas, and we'll remember you as a genius who picked a lot of fruit, instead of forgetting you as a lame blogger who can't even pick sour grapes. Because to me it seems a lot easier to build on someone else's ideas than to come up with something truly original.