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I'm not certain if the analogy that news is bad for you is true. I've heard this multiple times from multiple people and practiced going on a news diet (tempora
by stephenhacking 13y ago
I'm not certain if the analogy that news is bad for you is true. I've heard this multiple times from multiple people and practiced going on a news diet (temporarily) even though I'm used to being on top of what's happening.
What I ended up realizing was that the news wasn't really affecting me, because, what I was reading was not the crap about celebs, gossip and other nonsense, but actual stuff around me that was having an impact on the world.
I don't know if I could go on without reading about the Arab Spring, or the Nuclear tests in North Korea, even though they don't directly impact me or my daily life.
- spc476 13y agoI've found that if anything is truly important, I'll hear about through non-news channels (friends, family, cow-orkers, personal blogs, etc.). It works remarkably well.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoAnd Hacker News. If anything really significant is happening on this planet, it will end up here. HN replaced news in 100% for me.
- mpclark 13y agoThat's just free riding, though. If everyone gives up news, this approach will no longer work.
- chiaro 13y agoTragedy of the commons. Though that will never happen, so we're more or less free to choose the course of action that suits us best, without it having any overarching effects.
- saraid216 13y agoBut news itself propagates naturally through social networks. MSM was an efficiency gain, not a novelty. Journalism would suffer, though.