What I take out of this, is rather that the news are (at this point) more the ruminating, focusing on the bad/worst of humanity, rather than the uplifting/inspi

What I take out of this, is rather that the news are (at this point) more the ruminating, focusing on the bad/worst of humanity, rather than the uplifting/inspiring. In that, it's addictive, and/but not useful nor efficient nor representative of humanity state and progress (of which you get a broader perspective when you get to meet different people everyday). In that perspective, skipping the news is not so much burying the head in the sand, rather the opposite.