I agree that philosophy in general is a good tool allowing the person to rise above the mundane reality and try to see the whole picture, its interconnections and create a system about it.

Especially today when we evolved into a globally interconnected and interdependent human system, the usual self-centered, local, "micromanagement" has become futile and many times destructive, since in a global, integral system for any action one should see the whole system in its entirety, with all its intricate interconnections in order to make the action positive and not harmful for the system.

Every aspect of the deepening global crisis from economics to finances, from health care to geopolitical conflicts, from education to the social network shows that the usual knee-jerk reactions, instinctive responses just make things worse not better.

Thus we really need a "birds-eye" viewpoint, and a truly working "theory of everything" in order to solve the crisis and in order to survive.

But philosophy alone cannot help here since philosophy usually is disconnected from actual facts, action on the ground, and today when our common boat is sinking fast we simply do not have the time for philosophical debates, different theories to emerge.

We need practical action right now, a working practical method that can save the ship and steer it into the right direction before it is too late.

For example most people agree today that the greatest problem, the core cause of the global crisis is our own inherently self-serving, egoistic nature. But almost nobody has any idea how this nature could be changed, adjusted in a way that we make our human system work in a sustainable manner, adapted to our evolutionary conditions.

The human "patient" is terminally ill, it needs more than a clever article, or idea/theory, or a book, it needs the medicine dripping through its veins before it is too late right now.