My impression is that Clojure (and Lisps in general) are about maximizing the productivity of an individual where other languages try to maximize the productivi

My impression is that Clojure (and Lisps in general) are about maximizing the productivity of an individual where other languages try to maximize the productivity of an entire team. There are trade-offs to be made in either direction and much of what affects the feel of languages on either side of that comes from the choices they make around those trade-offs.