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Original full essay in German: http://www.dobelli.com/de/essays/news-diat-full/ http://www.dobelli.com/de/essays/news-diat-full/

• pasta 9y ago
  And in English: http://www.dobelli.com/en/essays/news-diet/ http://www.dobelli.com/en/essays/news-diet/ I read this years ago and stopped reading and watching news. Never missed a thing. Important things you will hear one way or another and the rest is just noise. Loud distracting noise.
  • JepZ 9y ago
    Did you notice the evil word in the URL of this website before you posted your comment?
    • pasta 9y ago
      I did. I'm very aware that lately more and more posts on HN have the same depth as main stream news (what the article is about). But what I like about HN is that the comment section is full of insight about the subject sometimes even debunking the article that was posted. So yes.
      • JepZ 9y ago
        I didn't mean to offend you, in fact, I am trying to consume less 'news' myself since a few years. And while I agree that the HN comments hold a lot of high quality information, I see that HN, in general, has a similar effect on my concentration and productivity as other news/media sites. So I don't try to not read HN at all, but to become aware of the effect it has on me and limit my news consumption to a healthy dose ;-)
• swah 9y ago
  From the same author of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248196-the-art-of-thinking-clearly https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248196-the-art-of-thin...