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> Sure, but I doubt someone with a deep grounding in political science, economics, and history, but who'd never heard of either candidate, would need more than
by tablespoon 5y ago
> Sure, but I doubt someone with a deep grounding in political science, economics, and history, but who'd never heard of either candidate, would need more than an hour or so on Google to decide between Trump and Biden, for instance.
That's a bad example, because Trump was such an oaf. A better recent example might have been choosing between McCain and Obama, if you're focused on presidential races.
The bigger issue isn't so much picking candidates, but understanding current situation and problems, and having opinions about those things to inform your choices.
- brimble 5y agoHaha, that's fair. I still think spending more than an hour or two on the news per week has rapidly diminishing returns, in terms of societal benefit, and most of that should be local news or very focused, deep coverage, for maximum benefit. > A better recent example might have been choosing between McCain and Obama, if you're focused on presidential races. I'd love to see some blank-slate person try to judge them just by their own websites. God, those were so different.