great "article" shilling for his own book. news is bad for you. everything is bad for you. every single thing will kill you in the long term. should write a bo

great "article" shilling for his own book. news is bad for you. everything is bad for you. every single thing will kill you in the long term. should write a book about that. is it important to know about current events in politics? what the sequester is and how it impacts a US citizen? who won the venezulean elections? latest financial news out of europe? well, it depends on the person. do you have an interest in the world around you? do you feel that a cultured individual should not be fully ignorant what's happening around him? and then, the business perspective, this is HN after all - shouldn't you know what's affecting your target group or maybe investors? being able to talk with someone you meet from India about something that is going on in his/her country proves you care about what's going on outside of your little tech bubble. is it necessary to know who won the US masters? No, you will survive without. but it provides context if you meet someone who cares about golf.