Stop Reading News
Stop Reading News
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Why You Should Stop Reading News
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
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8 comments
Stop Reading News
Why You Should Stop Reading News
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
I had this discussion with my therapist, he recommended I just stop consuming so much news. After three months now I must say I'm less depressed. Like maybe the planet is going to burn down. But nothing I can do will change that anyway so....
As a citizen there is stuff we can do. I don’t think total news blackout is good for society. Everyone holding their hands over their ears with their eyes shut going “I can’t do anything, so let’s focus on self while the world burns down.” let’s the people who are burning it down just continue to do it. People need to start turning their depression about the world into anger. Anger at the elite that are diving this tanker off a cliff. Anger at our ancestors for driving us to this point. Anger that 0.1% of humans are controlling everyone else. Complacency is what will end the human race. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. /old-man-rant (sorry)
Maybe it's more about getting the 'right' news. We don't need to know everything that's going on everywhere 24/7 like we're able to now and it can be more distracting than anything. You can end up too emotionally invested in things that are ultimately there to just upset you. Maybe people could have an anger they can more easily direct instead of having too much they're asked to get involved with, collapsing under the pressure of all of it and just 'giving up' in the end.