Or maybe extreme, frontier-inspired individualism went obsolete once the West was Won? I’m all for smart people being paid well to work hard. But there has to

Or maybe extreme, frontier-inspired individualism went obsolete once the West was Won? I’m all for smart people being paid well to work hard. But there has to be a better model. Perhaps something similar to the massive payouts we see lawyers getting in class action suits, except instead of law firms and defendants we have drug researchers and illnesses.