I was only a child in that era but it seems to me that Sun is venerated with hindsight today, people tend to speak of their work very highly. If that's true, is

I was only a child in that era but it seems to me that Sun is venerated with hindsight today, people tend to speak of their work very highly. If that's true, is it just a hindsight thing, or maybe a favourable comparison to today's giants?