A popular view is that having wealthy parents gives one a great advantage. Another popular view is that working extraordinarily hard for money is a waste of one

A popular view is that having wealthy parents gives one a great advantage. Another popular view is that working extraordinarily hard for money is a waste of one’s life even if one gets the money. But the two are only consistent if one believes that one’s own life is the optimization target. If I live a life of misery so that my children live a life of prosperity that would strike me as a phenomenal result. So another reading is “choose to give your children wealthy parents”.