One of the great inefficiencies of history is that most of it happens before we're paying close attention.
Someday, somebody will hit 763 home runs in a career and pass Barry Bonds. We will definitely pay attention to that home run, and to at least the few dozen or so that precede it, knowing that each one is 1/763rd of an unprecedented achievement. But most of those 763 will occur in the dull everyday. You will not be able to recall them, let alone describe them in full color for your grandchildren. That's the price we pay for being realistic.