The second limitation is commercialization.

The recovery of overlooked histories is itself subject to market forces.

A publisher who could commission a book about Mary Kenner has to calculate whether the book will sell.

A documentary filmmaker has to secure funding.

A museum has to decide whether an exhibit on overlooked inventors will attract the audience needed to justify the investment.

These calculations are not neutral; they reflect the same structures of market power that shaped the original obscurity.

The third limitation is sustainability.