Quitting the news
Dropping the daily news cycle rather than trying to follow it more carefully
No newspaper, no headlines app, no rolling coverage. The argument is opportunity cost rather than accuracy: news is by definition the part that will not matter in a year. People who do it say the important stories reach them anyway, through work or friends. What you give up is being current in conversations.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Shane ParrishDoes it
Writer · Farnam Street and The Knowledge Project
Reading things that have lasted had one result he calls surprising: he stopped reading the news. He tells readers to read old books and skip most new ones, since news is by definition the part that will not last.
Source: fs.blog: strategies to retain everything you read
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