Greek

 Samo burja ,via ranprieur,  recommends reading republic,peloponnesian war, on war, his book and one other,maybe Aristotle. 

Recommendation is that reading these allows one to make sense of the news

Wondering what men in  sheets knew 

Watching percy Jackson lightning thief 

Love the whole Greek setting,  Greeks were the original heroes

Original collapse guy was jared diamond then tainted

Tainter made more sense, but burja is a lot more chewable

The central premise appeals to me, collapse by inefficiency, knowledge loss ...

Bullshit jobs seems to tie in beautifully with this - the last phase before collapse leads to a rise in bullshit jobs as people dont want to recognize collapse nor question the validity of their lavish  income and plush lifestyles,while the other end of the line falters and dies