[hyperthesis]

"[A]ll the low hanging fruit have been plucked" from these trees.

In a complex, highly multi-dimensional space, yes, there's always a hill to incrementally climb. There are other hills.

Incrementalism gets you necessary data; but not necessarily insight.

EDIT Of course, following up an idea is work.

[ip26]

Climbing this hill is the only way you’ll discover the far more tantalizing peak, hidden in the clouds above it.