the transience of superlatives --> when 'the best' becomes 'the better'..

How long can the best be the best? till something/someone betters it/him/her..! How long can one hold the supremacy? till the one is singular..! the power of superlative is definitely determined by time..the time taken for someone [let me stick to living things, specifically humans to avoid any parallax!] the highest, the fastest and the longest [Yeah! Olympic fever..] are set only to be surpassed! then why do the "temporary best" lose their feet to fly in the no space [not even thin air]? Of course, one has to enjoy his period of transient glory, but why don't they realize that it is only temporary? "My only competition is.. Gravity - Sergei Bubka" He was "a best" [not "the best"] before someone is going to take it away from him..well, it might take a long time though..then how can he be the Best..one of the best is a better arguement! why does temporary glory get the better of a person's head? atleast Bubka had the accolades to claim his ground.. Why do some people bask in temporary superlatives! Enjoyment is happiness! Realization is satisfaction. If you are satisfied, your happiness is enhanced! -- comprehend the above sentences in whatever way you want to.. Its quite surprising that though Superlatives are designated in the respective fields, the common leveller is always Time, at various spans though! [one more illustration of the significance of Time] according to the Language and grammar, the better becomes the best in course of time...[the next level of better is supposed to best..and it is also emphasized that it is the end point, hence the term superlative] well, what I see is "the best" in course of time becomes "the better"...the superlative eventually becomes comparitive...