Only on hacker news do we have individuals wise enough to mock the perspective of someone from the 1700s that is the father of modern economic thought.
We're not worthy of the great knowledge we have here, likely from a non-economist that read the book and doesn't understand the historical significance or lineage of economic thought that it kicked off.
A book a really enjoy on this topic is "The Mind and the Market" by Jerry Z. Muller. There are other history of economic thought books, but that one is my favorite.
