> I recently had the opposite revelation: Most social sites are too much of a distraction, feeding us with pointless weakly-written opinions and things that hav

> I recently had the opposite revelation: Most social sites are too much of a distraction, feeding us with pointless weakly-written opinions and things that have zero effect in my life. I don't think TFA is suggesting that you replace mainstream news with social news - just that you should cut mainstream news out of your information diet. > Humans are by nature curious about what's happening, and no matter how much one bulks up at the local gym, they are probably not quenching their thirst in that way. Humans are "by nature" a lot of things, many of which we've come to fight quite successfully. There's no reason why this would be any different.