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Getting off the daily news cycle is like getting rid of sugar, it reduces the craving for more of it pretty quickly once your system has adjusted. I've found t
by elcapitan 9y ago
Getting off the daily news cycle is like getting rid of sugar, it reduces the craving for more of it pretty quickly once your system has adjusted.
I've found that an ok compromise is the Wikipedia current events section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
I don't read it daily and I don't follow to the sources typically, but they make a decent job of filtering out all the clickbait and categorizing ongoing events etc. That way I know what's going on rather than just reading about it on social media without context.
The only thing I'm missing is filters and the option to group and aggregate for weekly reading, maybe I'll just script that at some point, should be simple enough.
- lbenes 9y agoThis is fine, but I want to be an informed voter. My vote, political and environmental donations, and my investment all are related to news. Wouldn't I be abdicating my duty to be an informed citizen by tuning out? How could a democracy function if the majority of voters did this?
- elcapitan 9y agoNeither me nor the original article argue for abandoning the news, just the hype cycle. I would say that specifically for voting getting rid of all the crazy polarizing daily clickbait is the best solution. It will make you a better informed citizen if you don't follow that nonsense. How often do you vote, donate, reinvest? Every day?
- Spivak 9y agoPotentially but news, or more specifically 24h/daily news, isn't the only way to be informed, and arguably isn't a very good way to do it. What are the things you're looking for when deciding on people or issues to vote on and does a catalog of events related to those people and issues really capture it?