Destructive strain is an optimization problem
That beats economic growth and probably happiness
For directing individual and macro analysis, strategy, and effort
Greed is good may one day reduce the stress for retired capitalists
But strokes and heart attacks will probably not leave time
Greatest happiness for the greatest number is a nice abstraction
But happiness is a lot more diverse than troubles
Hunger, thirst, temperature extremes
Sleep, exertion, sickness
There are identifiable common safe zones
On which society and individual deciders
Might seek to live within
At the risk of human flourishing
Roman Ryan 