Progress has to be incremental because reality is local. It’s the speed of progress (energy of the system) that is important. If you are too slow, people will

Progress has to be incremental because reality is local. It’s the speed of progress (energy of the system) that is important. If you are too slow, people will pass you. If you are too fast, your competitors will catch up faster. That’s why the champions and hustlers alike don’t show all their tricks unless absolutely necessary to their challengers. Even industry / monopolies do incremental releases if they are ahead of their competitors... but if intel or nvidia slow down too much with their incremental progress amd can sneak in.