Did Post-Modernism influence the enlightenment?

In this Chapter, Sean and Wolf unpack the benefit of creating hypothetical new structures to replace the preexisting ones BEFORE tearing them down; we look at the pitfalls of too much vs. too little skepticism; we remind ourselves that the main impetus for changing any existing structure is based on survival of not only the individuals but community as well; we ask ourselves what structures are built in the absence of a daily influence and stress of survival situations, and how can we ensure that they are not counter to our survival in the process; if too much comfort leads to decay, and too much stress leads to death, what is the eudaimonic approach to stress, and how does postmodernism help or hinder this search?

Sean's personal reflection: After listening to this I was really struck by the fact that nothing about postmodernism as far as I know in its current state, aims at offering any solutions to existing problems, other than that the structures already in place (which provide protection against problems only experienced by individuals that lived prior to those structures) are the cause for the new problems. To me, this is similar to a lot of the criticisms of capitalism that you hear today. There is much evidence that capitalism has actually reduced abject poverty in the world. Yet, the people who are the most benefited from capitalism criticize it as being responsible for suppressing the lower classes.