To illustrate this point, consider the fact that many of the ancient philosophies that are currently still being respected on our planet, motivate people to have several children. Consequently, the world population is growing in an exponential manner. I suspect that the world population is growing much faster over each passing decade than virtually any young person today, realizes. By developing philosophy to serve society's long enduring survival interests, as a primary goal, it is likely that such philosophy will prove to be the single most hospitable philosophy for all citizens in the society as well, over time. The society that is likely to survive the longest over time, is one that demonstrates the strongest economic capabilities over time.
All societies ultimately depend on their economic performance to further their own existence.
But economic performance is judged differently depending on the values of people. If, for instance, a society were to exist that was comprised of citizens who loved ice cream, and each citizen ate two quarts a day, the society likely would devote a great portion of its economic capacity to producing ice cream. Also, the society's unemployment rate might be low, its GNP might be high, and its citizens might be happy. It appears to me that the single most important attribute a society must have in order to have maximum possibility to survive long enduring time, is the attribute of being able to create and utilize to advantage, new knowledge. But for a society to achieve such a result, there has to be common interests maintained between all of its citizens in support of their society's long enduring survival.