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No, not what he says at all. He implies that everything you need to know to vote can fit on one side of an index card. The point is you don't need to follow t

No, not what he says at all. He implies that everything you need to know to vote can fit on one side of an index card. The point is you don't need to follow the news to make informed voting decisions.

chickenfries 8y ago
If all you do is read voter guides then you have delegated your critical thinking to the organization that produces the guide. I would not call you a informed voter if all you do is read a voter guide every election.
- vehementi 8y ago
  I would not call you an informed voter if all you do is spend 23 hours a day consuming the 0.0001% of the news that time affords you
  - chickenfries 8y ago
    I don’t know anyone who does that. they might be well informed, I would have to see what they were reading but yes I would agree that 23 hours a day of news is not helpful. This is absurd.
TaylorAlexander 8y ago
He also suggests reading books instead of daily news! He says weekly or monthly reviews would be fine too. This whole thread is full of people thinking he’s suggesting you stay ignorant, when really he’s saying the culture of everyone must read the news is wrong, and we can get our information from better sources than the news.
- chickenfries 8y ago
  I mean the title doesn’t help. You might even call it click bait. I think the “everyone should read the news” culture that Aaron describes is a straw man. Most people I know who read the news regularly know that it’s partially entertainment for them and that you can get your info from places other than the daily news. Only people like Donald Trump think that being informed means watching cable news all day. Maybe I just haven’t met any of these people who think that books are bad but daily news headlines are good.
- pathseeker 8y ago
  >and we can get our information from better sources than the news. I'm not convinced. Reading books just subjects you to different biases from those authors. How are they supposed to be immune to problems periodicals have?

chickenfries 8y ago

If all you do is read voter guides then you have delegated your critical thinking to the organization that produces the guide. I would not call you a informed voter if all you do is read a voter guide every election.

vehementi 8y ago
I would not call you an informed voter if all you do is spend 23 hours a day consuming the 0.0001% of the news that time affords you
- chickenfries 8y ago
  I don’t know anyone who does that. they might be well informed, I would have to see what they were reading but yes I would agree that 23 hours a day of news is not helpful. This is absurd.

TaylorAlexander 8y ago

He also suggests reading books instead of daily news! He says weekly or monthly reviews would be fine too. This whole thread is full of people thinking he’s suggesting you stay ignorant, when really he’s saying the culture of everyone must read the news is wrong, and we can get our information from better sources than the news.

chickenfries 8y ago
I mean the title doesn’t help. You might even call it click bait. I think the “everyone should read the news” culture that Aaron describes is a straw man. Most people I know who read the news regularly know that it’s partially entertainment for them and that you can get your info from places other than the daily news. Only people like Donald Trump think that being informed means watching cable news all day. Maybe I just haven’t met any of these people who think that books are bad but daily news headlines are good.
pathseeker 8y ago
>and we can get our information from better sources than the news. I'm not convinced. Reading books just subjects you to different biases from those authors. How are they supposed to be immune to problems periodicals have?