Yudkowsky and Moldbug, Freud, Adam Smith, Marx. Developing grand overarching theories, and marketing them to society at large is not an entirely new phenomenon.

Yudkowsky and Moldbug, Freud, Adam Smith, Marx. Developing grand overarching theories, and marketing them to society at large is not an entirely new phenomenon. Maybe I misunderstand what you mean by “systems-oriented”?