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News is bad for you
- mouzogu 9y agoAs someone who has actively avoided all forms of mainstream news for the last two years I naturally agreed with everything in this article. For me, the most profound point is that most news has absolutely no explanatory worth at all. I got fed up of reading about conflict, death and war and not being able to glean any real non superficial insight into why it's all happening. I find that major news events tend to reach my attention through friends and colleagues so I don't feel totally disconnected and can definitely attest it has made me happier.
- vixen99 9y agoSummary: News misleads, is irrelevant, has no explanatory power, is toxic to your body, increases cognitive errors, inhibits thinking, works like a drug, wastes time, makes us passive and kills creativity. Undoubtedly some of this is true but what a generalization on behalf of all of us!
- zeveb 9y agoI have to agree. It's possible to stay informed enough without consuming a steady drip-drip-drip of misleading, emotionally wearying, slanted information.