There is no winning philosophy

Maybe we *are* in an Atlas Shrugged moment\

“To shrug." Atlas Shrugged refers to the notion that if all the productive people, those who think, could be persuaded to go on strike, the world would fall apart, because the non-productive (non-thinking) would not be able to run the world and keep it running.

The world succeeds with deep thinkers who achieve economies of scale such that we prosper and have families.

Productivity means higher standard of living.  I haven'/t really thought about it nor have I read the book. The philosophy is let people be free commercially to pursue productive enterprises.