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Ernest Becker's "The Denial of Death" is the most recent book I've read that touches on the overwhelming nature of modern life. In a nutshell, his idea of a solution to this problem is to not think about it. People who don't dig into the symbolic/artificial nature of society tend to function better.

Jean Baudrillard and Michel Foucault among others. [0][1]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterotopia_(space)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation