"Quit the news" is not the answer. Quit the 24-hour news cycle? Sure. Quit doomscrolling on Facebook or Twitter? Yeah, most definitely quite good for you. But

"Quit the news" is not the answer. Quit the 24-hour news cycle? Sure. Quit doomscrolling on Facebook or Twitter? Yeah, most definitely quite good for you. But, "quit the news" as in "remain uninformed"? No way! The invention of the press enabled modern democracy, and no matter what you think of that, all the alternatives so far have pretty decisively turned out to be worse. So, here's my take: consume the news, but in moderation. And, like consuming alcohol in moderation (which I also wholeheartedly condone), I can't tell you exactly how to do it, just that I've seen it done successfully. For me, it's a (dead-tree) subscription to The Economist. World events, long-form analysis, some light fare, all with a mild(ish) libertarian touch, delivered to my doormat every week. A time-saver it is not: a single copy of the (weekly) newspaper takes at least eight hours to digest, often longer. But I don't feel compelled to hit 'refresh' (the newspaper is what it is for the next week), and there is no way to embarrass myself by hitting 'reply': a Letter To The Editor takes some careful consideration, which is great.