Title: The more I work in tech, the more modern society depresses me.<p>I do not know exactly what&#x27;s the link between the two, but I think it might be related to the fact that it&#x27;s useful for tech workers to be relatively updated about world events, how society function in general, and what&#x27;s happening lately in the field.<p>The problem is that doing that will very quickly tell you that modern society fucking sucks. Almost nothing works, everyone hates each other, things that are important get ignored because of greed, and most importantly, there&#x27;s almost nothing you can do about it.<p>After a decade working in tech I realised I&#x27;m tired of being exposed to these problems. I&#x27;d really like to leave the big city and its problems and live in a remote area where I can be closer to nature, and in a small community where I could be more self-sufficient and contribute back in more meaningful ways than I do today.<p>I&#x27;m posting this in HN because I have noticed that this is not exclusive to me. It seems that getting burned out of modern society is quite common among people who worked in tech for a long time, so I was wondering if someone here had experience in making this jump and leaving the big city to live a simpler life next to nature. Did it help you? What led you to do it and how do you feel about it today?
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