The more unproven a person is, the more he appeals to past affiliations.
People who don't have any current accomplishments only have their past educational backgrounds to fall back on, so they give the name of their university, which gives the impression that "graduates of Tokyo University are just big-headed and useless.
https://twitter.com/piro_or/status/1413864298439331843?s=21
The more unproven a person is, the more he appeals to past affiliations.
The term "current performance" is unclear, and given that the present is a point, I'm not sure about "current performance."
I'd agree if it was "from graduation to the present."
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