Exactly!Never in human history has society valued the invention of something over the popularization of it. Why start now?
Reading the tone of 13th Age makes me cry for what 4e could have been, with better designer style (only Worlds & Monssters got close). And compared to BW or OtE, it fits the indie innovations into a broadly D&D framework. There are hints of the avant garde and outre flavour of OtE in various examples and side-remarks in 13th Age, but it doesn't foreground them in the way that OtE does. And BW is pretty baroque for the typical D&D player, I think.
But the real point is one of congratulations to Tweet and Heinsoo - they've put together an impressive package!
I also have some sympathy for the idea that Next may miss the wave.