It seems vain to think this way.

Without "our generation" people would still discover everything we know about ball pythons today, it would just happen at a later time. It's neat that we were able to be around while it was happening, but it would still have happened without us.

Also, people have been interacting with and keeping ball pythons for much longer than this. There are many "big names" in the business who tell stories about when they first spoke with a breeder, who was around long before them.

I personally can't take credit for discovering a new morph, maybe people who have proven a new morph feel differently. I imagine it's very exciting to be the first person to see a genetic combination that's new.