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Sorry for the offtopic, but I have to post this evergreen text: >> There is voting, of course, but to become an informed voter all one needs to do is read a sh
by NumberCruncher 10y ago
Sorry for the offtopic, but I have to post this evergreen text:
>> There is voting, of course, but to become an informed voter all one needs to do is read a short guide about the candidates and issues before the election. There’s no need to have to suffer through the daily back-and-forth of allegations and counter-allegations, of scurrilous lies and their refutations. Indeed, reading a voter’s guide is much better: there’s no recency bias (where you only remember the crimes reported in the past couple months), you get to hear both sides of the story after the investigation has died down, you can actually think about the issues instead of worrying about the politics.
Source: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
- grzm 10y agoThis just passes the buck to the voters guide. You still have issues of bias and misinformation. You may save a bit by being able to wait to see more information come in, but for some issues, you do want to know what's going on right now so you can act.
- NumberCruncher 10y agoDid you read the post I linked in? It's says that the incoming information aka. news are irrelevant to our life and we should just ignore them. There are no real issues you have to act on. If a hurricane is coming, you will know it without reading the news. Therefore bias and misinformation are also irrelevant to our life. Just to have a counterpoint to this news obsessed discussion.
- grzm 10y agoYes, I did read the post you linked to. I am also responding to the quote you provided. I should think that you quoted it because you thought it was particularly relevant or representative, did you not? Edited to add: I also found it frustrating that a post arguing against reading the news includes a "You should follow me on twitter here" link at the bottom. Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- NumberCruncher 10y ago>> I should think that you quoted it because you thought it was particularly relevant or representative, did you not? And that's why I started it with "sorry for the offtopic". You do not always read what you want to but what you have to. I just try to correct the bias I am concerned about. Lessons learned: - bias is subjective - there are people who like to stay in their own biased world Am I relevant enough now? Cheers!
- grzm 10y agoI understood your "Sorry for the offtopic" to refer to your entire comment. I expected the quote to be relevant or representative with respect to the post you linked to.