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A good tip is read 1 week old newspapers. You quickly realize most of it is completely unnecessary for your long term knowledge.

• brimble 5y ago
  Nearly all of it is, for most people, when it comes to national and international news. It's little more than low-value entertainment. Which is fine, but people get all kinds of crazy ideas about "needing" to follow the news closely to be a good citizen or whatever. Nah. Much better if folks would spend that time reading books on political science, economics, policy, and history, rather than the news. Spend a couple minutes catching up every few months, and you won't have missed much of consequence. Local news is another matter.
  • penjelly 5y ago
    local news is still guilty of a lot of the same, but agree its better and agreed on your other points.
    • brimble 5y ago
      Oh the quality may be crap, but there's a much higher likelihood of learning something you can act on, even if it's just "oh, that band I like is going to be in town".