It's the obsession with records and being remembered combined with the participation trophy mentality. They forget that most of the time, the people we actually remember as "the first" actually did something genuinely impressive, like Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon. By creating an infinite number of mundane "Firsts" to claim, the value of those records dissolves to sheer inflation.
It's the obsession with records and being remembered combined with the participation trophy mentality. They forget that most of the time, the people we actually remember as "the first" actually did something genuinely impressive, like Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon. By creating an infinite number of mundane "Firsts" to claim, the value of those records dissolves to sheer inflation.
Great point, I hadn't considered the accomplishment inflation factor.