All of the working groups that build the standards, and ideas the working groups bring to the table, are using ideas from the past to solve problems for the future. The people doing the work don’t have time to care about improving something that’s mostly OK, and the people building the standards don’t do the work, so it’s sort of like a Mexican standoff, but one where nobody showed up. I use the line above “The people doing the work don’t have time to care, and the people building the standards don’t do the work”.