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I've always thought that reading the news is only informing you of the very recent events, but by doing so, you lose the context of what is really important, wh
by jokoon 10y ago
I've always thought that reading the news is only informing you of the very recent events, but by doing so, you lose the context of what is really important, which is the opposite of how history works.
One way to be better informed would be to read a daily digest of world history and contemporary geography. I often watch a german/french short TV show called "Le dessous des cartes" (translates to "Under the Maps"). This show is fabulous, because it explain a lot of political, economical and geographical context to explain the world and specific countries and their problems. It's backed up by scientific data, but is also able to do some geo-political analysis. I have not found any equivalent in the Anglo-saxon world.
Once you know about the basics of what countries have what regimes, their economies, their history, you realize you learn nothing by reading the news.
- vog 10y ago> I've always thought that reading the news is only informing you of the very recent events [...] > One way to be better informed would be to read a daily digest of world history and contemporary geography Wow, this is really strange. It seems you are so bombarded by minutely news, that daily news appear slow and well-thought to you? A weekly summary is more than enough for most events. Let the dust settle. Give the journalists (and Wikipedians) some time to do their research and investigation. Same for politicians, firefighter, scientists, lawyers, judges or whoever is also involved. The first days after and important event are full of false claims, mostly by accident, simply because nobody really knows. No earler than a week later (sometimes it takes a month or more!) the facts and non-facts are mostly separated. But then, nobody cares anymore. If you delay the "news", you get to know from the event, but also get a well-informed picture, without the useless crap of the first minutes, hours and days after the event.
- draven 10y agoAbout le dessous des cartes, they're available with english subtitles. "Le dessous des cartes" has been translated as "Mapping the world." Example: http://www.arte.tv/guide/en/067846-003-A/mapping-the-world-iran http://www.arte.tv/guide/en/067846-003-A/mapping-the-world-i... Search for "mapping the world" on the arte.tv main page.