Traditional media (news) is also toxic. For the last few months I stopped consuming it and my level of happiness and life satisfaction has gone up tremendously.

Traditional media (news) is also toxic. For the last few months I stopped consuming it and my level of happiness and life satisfaction has gone up tremendously. I don't consume social media at all unless you count hn. I highly recommend that people try this. The occasional traditional news articles on hn are the only exception but generally I avoid them and never dig further. I haven't missed out on anything important. The news is mostly irrelevant and imo, harmful to one's everyday life. After all, it makes me feel helpless and hopeless. I can't change politics or politicians or disasters or crime or whatever. Watching the news just creates anger and anxiety over things that are purely out of my control. Fuck that.