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Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by pendenthistory »

sjw987 wrote: post #4

I think it's important to keep reading the news occasionally. Personally, I, as a programmer, read the news in the same way as my grandad who was a farmer. I read a printed weekly publication (in my case The Economist) on Sunday morning. Outside of Sunday morning I don't read the news at all. I prefer printed news to media-supported news, because I think the imagery (I acknowledge The Economist still has images) and…

I would like a weekly physical Sunday paper with some general news and printed substack articles tailored to me.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by walthamstow »

> I am considering subscribing to a magazine that covers important events in Germany, the EU, or the world every few months

I've posted the same message so many time I could get banned but if you live in the UK then Private Eye is what you want here. It's every fortnight, very funny and a bastion of genuine journalism (see the Paul Foot Award they give out each year)

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by berrycan »

voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Your entire existence? That sounds kind of hyperbolic, unless you're being targeted by genocide.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by gyanchawdhary »

I think if the news feels unbearable, the problem may not be the information but the fact that reality is moving against the assumpftions on which the person has anchored their happiness ... environemt, relgion, polticial views etc etc ..

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by berrycan »

walthamstow wrote: post #32

> I am considering subscribing to a magazine that covers important events in Germany, the EU, or the world every few months I've posted the same message so many time I could get banned but if you live in the UK then Private Eye is what you want here. It's every fortnight, very funny and a bastion of genuine journalism (see the Paul Foot Award they give out each year)

I used to have a subscription to Private Eye but cancelled it as it got so depressing from being too aware of all the corruption. Worse than browsing the news.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by Havoc »

I’ve been focusing more on filtered news.

In particular LLM summaries are great for this. Introduces risk of hallucinations which is not awesome, but it does tend to neutralise the rage bait tone and tricks that are pervasive these days. Tradeoff but one that has been working for me

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by ben_w »

keiferski wrote: post #21
danmaz74 wrote: post #9

I completely understand why, but on the other hand democracy relies on citizens being informed about what's happening. The risk is that one day, you wake up and there is no democracy any more.

The fact that this is downvoted really says it all. "I don't read the news" is pretty much dependent on one's profession being insulated from changing events. Which is not surprising why it's a popular opinion amongst technocrats that would rather not have democracy in the first place.

Excerpt from link:

  For the rest of the news, I am considering subscribing to a magazine that covers important events in Germany, the EU, or the world every few months. This kind of format filters out short-term noise and fear-driven stories.
Elections happen even less frequently than this. If your democracy disintegrates with less than a few months of warning, you were probably invaded and noticed even without the news; At this point, that would probably lead to a civil emergency notification on your phone, and by design that happens even without any apps installed.

As we said in the UK in my childhood, "Today’s news is tomorrow’s chip* paper".

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by PurpleRamen »

M95D wrote: post #11
voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Then why read news and not directly read the new laws and regulations that were voted and passed, or new proposed laws under discussion? https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...

Threats are not necessarily originating from laws or their execution. And not everyone has the time to read all laws, or is able to fully understand them and their impact on your well-being.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by smcl »

I think if it's stressing you out then it's fair to step back from reading the news for a bit. It's still worth at least trying to form an understanding and an opinion on various issues - whether local, regional or international - if you're going to be voting or even just talking about them with friends and family.
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