I'm not so sure. Isn't this like justifying why we "fail"? "Back then there was less people to compete with. Accumulated knowledge was less than today. There w

I'm not so sure. Isn't this like justifying why we "fail"? "Back then there was less people to compete with. Accumulated knowledge was less than today. There were more easier topics to explore. On top of that, I am constantly distracted. It's OK if I don't breakthrough in anything today". 10000 years in the future there may be someone saying the exact same thing as they travel through a lab-generated wormhole to their home in another galaxy.