“Inspirational Collapses? Learning from the civilisations that tried to break down well” - resilience https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-11/inspirational-collapses-learning-from-the-civilisations-that-tried-to-break-down-well/
I still haven’t finished reading this, and sadly have to resume working, but still I already think it’s worth the reading, even if just for the concepts and optics it brings (such as “thrutopia”).

Inspirational Collapses? Learning from the civilisations that tried to break down well
We believe that more historians and archaeologists can step into a public, reflective role, helping societies explore narratives beyond either progress and growth fetishism on the one hand, or nostalgic and fortress mentalities on the other.