Exit Right

Exit right is the right and practical ability to stop participating.

A clean exit matters because judgment requires the ability to refuse, pause, or withdraw from a path whose consequences no longer make sense.

Judgment Risk

Systems create judgment risk when exit becomes socially, operationally, or technically difficult. A person may appear to continue voluntarily while the real ability to stop has been weakened.

This matters in projects, businesses, and AI workflows. A team may continue funding a failing project because stopping is embarrassing. A store operator may keep spending because closure feels like failure. An AI workflow may continue producing work because the system makes continuation easier than review.

Exit right protects judgment from momentum.