Cory Doctorow gave us the word Enshittification. Sean Carlton gives us the manual.

Exit Farming starts from a blunt recognition: the system is not broken. The exhaustion, the subscriptions, the debt, the fragility—these are successful outcomes. They keep people dependent and predictable.

Carlton’s contribution is not rage or reform, but literacy. Learn how systems farm you. Learn how exits are hidden. Learn how to reduce the number of institutions that must approve your survival.

This is not about abandoning society. It is about refusing unnecessary dependence.

In an enshittified world, freedom does not arrive through better platforms or kinder employers. It arrives quietly, through lower needs, real ownership, and exits that actually work.