> (...) he doesn't advocate that others follow that path?

I think it doesn't make sense for a number of reasons. You might want to change the direction into something that is not only doable but _better_. Remember Quake? It was supposed to be something completely different, based on their plans [1].

[1] https://d1lss44hh2trtw.cloudfront.net/assets/editorial/2016/...