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Engineer anon here, again.
The insight I get from working in the industry has seriously led to me researching how to escape and cope.

The biggest thing I've found so far is Dunbar's Number.
Guns don't predict school shootings below the national level. School population does, though.
Prisoners used to live by "The Prisoner's Code" and form an alliance against the wardens based on mutual support and respect. The Code disappeared from prisons one by one as prison populations exceeded Dunbar's Number.
The prevalence of study groups and the robustness of social ties among college students can be predicted based on campus population, living hall population, and major population. There's a positive correlation as these populations increase until they hit the 150-300 range, at which point they begin to decline again.

Then there's the Third Place stuff, walkability, etc.

I'm convinced the answer is to build communities for about 150 people with a good balance of shared spaces and private spaces and encourage mutual aid.

The only reason I'm still in automation is because I'm using it to learn how to do things like automate greenhouses and hydroponic setups. I know how to build a basic electric grid off of hydroelectic and wind power, with furnace backups. I just need to figure out the agricultural applications.