I stopped reading/watching the news at all several years ago (more than 5 probably). The seed idea was reading this essay: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hateth

I stopped reading/watching the news at all several years ago (more than 5 probably). The seed idea was reading this essay: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews It is not that I agree 100%, but it made clear to me that news is entertainment. Not more, not less. Watching a show on Netflix or watching fulfill the same role. And I prefer fiction. The “understand better the world” part comes from other sources that are not, at all, about reporting the “news”. Books, articles, podcasts on topics that I am curious about. Occasionally, I do go to the news. But that’s when I want to know something very specific. Like when I wanted to know the results of the elections in my country. I don’t go to the news to “check what’s going on”. I go only when I already know what I want to check. I’ll watch more news now during the World Cup, for example. Stopping following the news didn’t make any negative difference in my understanding of the world, I believe.