Certain types of news are more like cultural/societal events and stories that are worth following just to have some topic to bring up with other people. Stuff l

Certain types of news are more like cultural/societal events and stories that are worth following just to have some topic to bring up with other people. Stuff like a submarine implosion, or a 9/11, or an OJ Simpson trial. These are unique once in a lifetime events that give you some social currency. Repetitive news like mass shootings or political BS is just noise, and quickly loses its novelty overtime. What results is you just gradually feel worse and more cynical over time without learning anything new or interesting.