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> In my opinion, the individual is best off ignoring all of it, _and dealing with their actual lives_, rather than taking any of the distracting and manipulativ
by IHEARTANAL 3y ago
> In my opinion, the individual is best off ignoring all of it, _and dealing with their actual lives_, rather than taking any of the distracting and manipulative stories seriously.
Yes, yes, and yes. And now observe how many clickbait and fear-mongering articles people tend to react to.
Don't gey sidetracked by topics pushed by other people.
- 082349872349872 3y agoOne way to get useful signal is to ask oneself "Why might $SOURCE want me to read this particular $CLICKBAIT?" (of course, one then gets into the rabbit hole of source attribution, a topic already known to be difficult even before the internet era) see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39093409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39093409