Presumably, contextual effects could also be positive rather than negative, and could therefore make FOOMs more likely rather than less? To adapt the game analogy slightly, it depends whether your opponents are improving faster than your team mates (and whether your improving tends to attract or repel better team mates).
Physics probably isn’t becoming a tougher opponent over time; society probably is. Part of the trick may lie in working with it rather than against it.
Presumably, contextual effects could also be positive rather than negative, and could therefore make FOOMs more likely rather than less? To adapt the game analogy slightly, it depends whether your opponents are improving faster than your team mates (and whether your improving tends to attract or repel better team mates).
Physics probably isn’t becoming a tougher opponent over time; society probably is. Part of the trick may lie in working with it rather than against it.