I made this commitment in 2016 and don't much tune in. Important events seem to eventually percolate up into my other social discussions and places like here on

I made this commitment in 2016 and don't much tune in. Important events seem to eventually percolate up into my other social discussions and places like here on HN or Facebook and I've found I've missed very few of the broad strokes -- but lots of the details. On the other hand I've also noticed that I seem to be able to approach topics more objectively and less "inflamed" with presupposed positions than before. This all has lowered my stress levels immeasurably and given me much more of a "we'll be fine" attitude about major events. The real problem is that most of the major media sources are terrible, absolute amateur hour bottom of the barrel lowest common denominator garbage. The quality of what passes for journalism these days would get a person fired from almost any other profession. When you find good journalism, it's almost like coming out a coal mine into the fresh air, but it's so hard to find it almost isn't even worth it.