I say do it. Even just to try it for a week or so.
I will eventually do this myself. Live in a cave somewhere for a while.
I think it would be a cleansing experience.
For reading material you sound like you would like "Holographic Universe," by Michael Talbot.
It's fantastic volume on the nature of consciousness and reality. A very different book.
https://www.amazon.com/Holographic-Universe-Revolutionary-Theory-Reality/dp/0062014102
RE: What's The Point? Considering Giving Everything Up