Those are good questions, and I've written a lot on them. They're not the kind of questions that should have pat answers. But we should be clear that philosophy or mystical enlightenment likely has advantages and disadvantages.

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/philosophy-for-those-who-are-neither-vulgar-nor-wise-367760aaf0dc?sk=fd97a989dcd7afe8b3e335b1b3818ea7

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/noble-lies-and-the-recurring-withdrawals-of-neo-shamans-6ddce59cba08?sk=2d2845dc07024103125be2bac2d7a9b9

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/must-civilization-be-saved-by-neoshamans-75dd1c38cd30?sk=db3960af6039797ec6479cd65382d7df

https://aninjusticemag.com/are-cultures-just-big-compromised-cults-4bad417a3f30?sk=ad17fc40a0acd3c7bb308227671043ff

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/unmasking-the-cultish-traits-of-mainstream-societies-4391cd119329?sk=4fc2f4fc8bdc8f140e90a6c2774b2602

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/how-the-mass-mind-absorbs-potent-countercultures-bd9368c5c8c1?sk=d968bc785701f03b78abdd725b34daab