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I tell my Mom this all the time. You don’t have to share in the misery of the news. Be informed enough to do the few things that actually make a difference, l
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
I tell my Mom this all the time. You don’t have to share in the misery of the news. Be informed enough to do the few things that actually make a difference, like voting. Any involvement and sharing of misery past that is hurting yourself and making the world no better of a place, only worse.
- CrazyStat 5y agoI learned about Neil Postman's concept of the information-action ratio[1] about 15 years ago and it totally changed my life. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%E2%80%93action_ratio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%E2%80%93action_rat...
- sdoering 5y agoInteresting. I learned a similar concept from the late Hans Rosling in his book Factfulness. He described that we tend to not derive actionable insights from most news we consume (my wording). I felt the concept to be too similar to be a coincidence. He probably knew Postman's ideas.