It is a greater honor to be nominated than to win

 History tells us there's no connection between what wins and what's remembered. Well, except for the winners that make people say, "What drugs were popular that year?"

It is a greater honor to be nominated than to win. Only the pettiest people will quibble with whether something deserves to be nominated, but most people will wonder why the winner won. I say "most people" because most of the time, perhaps all of the time, the majority does not choose the winner. The largest minority does. In some...