The Exit was driven by personal experience.

But once you start looking beneath the surface, you realise the world is not as simple as it looks.

The danger isn't that technology exists. It's that we've stopped noticing how much of our time and attention it consumes.

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This section is a small rabbit hole for anyone who wants to understand the deeper ideas behind The Exit.

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Films & Documentaries

• The Social Dilemma
  • This is the kind of film you sign up to Netflix for. You need to watch it, now. I truly can’t encourage you enough to watch the film.
• The Great Hack
• The Coddling of the American Mind
• Mr. Robot
  • F*** society rant says a lot more about the current state of the society.

Film Aesthete (@filmaesthete) • Instagram reel

Exploring Human Connection: Alvin Chang on “30 Minutes with a Stranger”

https://pudding.cool/2025/06/hello-stranger/

Right after watching these the first time, it managed to convince me to delete all apps on my phone that were just wasting my time and to turn off all social media notifications.