> Why did they not try to improve it themself? What makes you think they haven't tried to improve it in a thousand years? Or that every other person that make

> Why did they not try to improve it themself? What makes you think they haven't tried to improve it in a thousand years? Or that every other person that makes their own pole doesn't have some little tweak to improve it only for themselves? > What am I missing? I don't mean to be rude by saying this, but: humility?