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Honestly, it sounds like you may be watching too much news. If you feel there's an impending crisis (especially a worldwide "democratic breakdown"), then it's q
by malvosenior 7y ago
Honestly, it sounds like you may be watching too much news. If you feel there's an impending crisis (especially a worldwide "democratic breakdown"), then it's quite possible you're reacting emotionally to content that's designed to make you feel exactly that.
I recommend unplugging for 30 days before you make any decisions. Walk around and look at the world around you with your own eyes. Don't let the media influence major life decisions without at least purging it from your life a bit first. It can be surprising the effect it has on you.
- mi100hael 7y agoAgree 100%. And make sure you are taking care of yourself properly before trying to fix the rest of the world.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoWouldn't unplugging and "looking at the world around you with your own eyes" provide a hopelessly narrow and biased slice of objective reality? Why should anyone expect their immediate, physically accessible surroundings and specific lived experience to generalize to entire societies, let alone the globe? I'd recommend a deliberate analysis and culling of your information sources, not a complete disengagement.
- malvosenior 7y agoNo, I think it would help you engage in with your local community and ground your thinking in a very practical and meaningful reality. I think too many people are focusing on large scale abstract problems that don't actually have the impact on their life that it seems when you ingest too much media. I wouldn't call it disengagement, I'd call it re-engagement with the real world.
- kjsbfkjbf 7y agoSure, and then the already privileged people on HackerNews end up continuing to blindly exploit the under-privileged in developing nation. That sounds like a horrible solution.