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Anecdotally, the news cycle has been the hardest (internet) addiction for me to break. I can justify deleting social media (Facebook, Reddit) because 95% of my

Anecdotally, the news cycle has been the hardest (internet) addiction for me to break. I can justify deleting social media (Facebook, Reddit) because 95% of my use of it is garbage. But the news is useful, engaging. It's "entertainment with a higher purpose". Can I really justify not reading the NYTimes at all because I just "read too much"? (I was reading the news from various sites for 3 or 4 hours a day.) In the end, I decided that yes, I had to block news sites, because it was a ridiculous use of my time for a software engineer. On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem.

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>On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem. That is my case as well. But this also remind me they really don't know much else apart from their domain. Housing Policy? They don't care they got a house already. Zoning? None of their business. Universal Health Care? They can afford their own. Tax reform etc? Just choose one that benefits them most. K-Pop, Kids new interest? They had no idea. I have been thinking whether generation gap is partly a age and experience problem, and partly because older generation ( as compared to kids ) just don't give a damn about what is going on with the world any more.