I think a different way to express this problem is comparative measurement vs absolute measurement. If you can make a good chair, you can make a good chair. It

I think a different way to express this problem is comparative measurement vs absolute measurement. If you can make a good chair, you can make a good chair. It shouldn't be too relevant that someone else somewhere can make a good chair. The same is much harder to see, but is true for more sports-style activities. Someone who's decent at a sport is still worth respecting, in my view. But somewhere down the line we removed the "decent", "pretty good", and "respectable", and replaced it with "sucks", and removed all motivation to get to those levels. Now you're either the best or you don't count.