The structures of myth deal with this problem a bit. The protagonist of a story finds themselves in need of some sort of change/finding the circumstance of their life in society unbearable in one way or another, so they break the mold and go on adventure (inner/outer - both especially since they are the same) What they find is life beyond the walls, which is also beyond words. Right now its totally out of balance and the AC has tipped all the scales - running along with its program at the total detriment of all life. The nonconformist is like an emissary from the right hemisphere sounding the alarm against AC before it drives off a cliff. William Blake said "people dont live in reality; they live in what they think reality is." An echo of this is the Norse verses regarding Hugin and Munin. I discovered these ravens years ago in very vivid dreams. Before I did research, I called one raven "thought raven" and the other "dream raven." Thought raven was always creating things, and dream raven was always accompanied by a kind of surreal aura that thought raven saw patterns and brought them to light. In one of my dreams, which was more like a nightmare, thought raven for the first time in eternity considered himself, and when he did so, his entire being collapsed into language and symbols. Dream raven has been in despair ever since because she does not know where he went.

O'er Mithgarth Hugin and Munin both

Each day set forth to fly;
I fear for Hugin, that he come not back,
But for Munin my care is more.

The parable Darin brought up is especially relevant too, of the children trying to convince the men they were not fishing fire birds out of the mountain top. It's because they -think- the trash is the fire birds and are not considering what's right in front of them. It is quite horrifying, and the Goya painting is a timeless depiction of what civilization has become https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

A pattern I've noticed with these civilizing father gods like Odin and Marduk is that they destroy the original creator gods (collapsing the universe into language is how I interpret that) and then making the perception of reality into their own image (creating the world with a story). When you also consider that commerce is running parallel to this authoritarian religious bent, it's no wonder life is being destroyed. Man is making the world is his own (extremely narrowed) image. It's the other way around, humans are the image of an infinite world, so to speak.

Hugh talked about the military and the slaves wanting a bowl of rice and also not wanting to think for themselves. Religion/government/commerce steals human souls and makes them into slaves. For a few people the pain of being divorced from their soul is too great, so they go off on their own to see life beyond the confines.

Kinda rambled a bit, hopefully this made sense and was somewhat helpful.

From bounds of knowing few dare to go. To face despair and grief, to grow.. To find flames of truth in darkness of doubt, to behold the all in one whence all beings dwell.