Most of the very interesting publications (including The Atlantic) I've found have been through Longform.org or Digg. The latter might be remembered as the site

Most of the very interesting publications (including The Atlantic) I've found have been through Longform.org or Digg. The latter might be remembered as the site that came to a demise the same time as reddit's rise, but they've since reinvented themselves to become a curator of news features and other amusing tidbits, picked out by reasonable editors (on average). That said, all this is for nought - what is it that we actually do with said day to day consumption? Ever since I started asking myself two questions for any issue - 1) "What's the issue/problem?" 2) "What am I going to do about it?" - I've realised that most of what I pick up is largely for pointless entertainment and time wasting (not to mention that very few friends truly care about me knowing more "stuff"). With that in mind, I've started to curb my news junkie habit with the goal of focusing on more important stuff.