As in, a way to keep up with stuff that is relevant in the long term, like wars, while discarding flavor-of-the-week scandals and such. Any periodic retrospectives you follow, stuff like that?
Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#2Perhaps it's better to just not keep up with the news too much. From what I understand the world is safer today than it has ever been, especially in the Western world. And most news is bad news anyway - you won't feel much happier knowing about it.
Maybe it's better to focus on what's important and what you have some influence over, like the well-being of your family and friends, self improvement and your future goals.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#3Perhaps it's better to just not keep up with the news too much. From what I understand the world is safer today than it has ever been, especially in the Western world. And most news is bad news anyway - you won't feel much happier knowing about it. Maybe it's better to focus on what's important and what you have some influence over, like the well-being of your family and friends, self improvement and your future goal…
I know that much, but when socializing, I still want to be able to not be like "huh?" when someone brings up, say, Russia's suspension from the G8/G7 over their annexation of Crimea.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#4I signed up for Bit of News. It sends me a daily email with the important five or so topics of the day.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#5I listen to NPR on the commute. Since I'm focused on driving, any newsworthy event has to be mentioned a dozen times before it gets through to me. A sort of low pass filter for news.
I tried to follow newspapers and the Economist, but it was wasted time brushing up on trivia that doesn't affect 99% of my life (edit: and that I have no reasonable chance of changing).
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#6Perhaps it's better to just not keep up with the news too much. From what I understand the world is safer today than it has ever been, especially in the Western world. And most news is bad news anyway - you won't feel much happier knowing about it. Maybe it's better to focus on what's important and what you have some influence over, like the well-being of your family and friends, self improvement and your future goal…
I know that much, but when socializing, I still want to be able to not be like "huh?" when someone brings up, say, Russia's suspension from the G8/G7 over their annexation of Crimea.
Any issue with letting _them_ be your news source? "Really, I haven't been following, could you explain what's happening?"
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#7Old fashioned, I know, but I listen to the radio. I often have BBC Radio 4 on in the background, where I can catch the hourly news. Then there' she excellent Today program in the morning and PM in the afternoon.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#8Old fashioned, I know, but I listen to the radio. I often have BBC Radio 4 on in the background, where I can catch the hourly news. Then there' she excellent Today program in the morning and PM in the afternoon.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know that much, but when socializing, I still want to be able to not be like "huh?" when someone brings up, say, Russia's suspension from the G8/G7 over their annexation of Crimea.
Any issue with letting _them_ be your news source? "Really, I haven't been following, could you explain what's happening?"
Yes, they're not really the let-me-explain type. I wouldn't ask about this if I didn't think it's a question worth answering.
Re: Ask HN: How do you curate and keep up with general news?
#10Old fashioned, I know, but I listen to the radio. I often have BBC Radio 4 on in the background, where I can catch the hourly news. Then there' she excellent Today program in the morning and PM in the afternoon.
Doesn't sound too old-fashioned to me, given the popularity of online radio. Still, I'm not sure I'd be able to focus on stuff if I had radio on all the time.