Yes, we use a similar analogy in our website - Islands of Sanity in a Sea of Destruction (Joanna Macy) - although we question whether these are 'lifted to a higher order' or whether the best we can hope for (a la Havel, not 'hopium') is a temporary slowing of our descent into social-ecological systems collapse. You seem to be dancing on the edge of that collapse-acceptance yourself? Am I correct? https://andnowwhat.be/services/