Quit social media and news for a week and then see how you feel
Is it my impression or are things devolving?
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#12There was a time when most people got their news from the big-3 TV networks. Many read newspapers which 'filtered-out' most of the 'noise' and had editorial standards. For better or worse, we now drink news from a firehose. And all of these outlets try to compete by pumping-up the headlines.
The world is ('Future Shock') changing. Including some very positive trends. The reaction to Ukraine for one. Covid was addressed in a year, not four. But enough is enough, and in most cases our best chances for positive actions are local.
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#13For the first time since I started caring about the news, I've started to avoid it. Yes, news programming sells itself with hysteria. But some things have unquestionably regressed, notably U.S. politics and the dignity and respectability of those who hold office in the USA. And, for that matter, the Supreme Court. But all of that goes back to the deliberate, belligerent ignorance championed by millions of people in t…
Why did you concern yourself with the news before? It is not like you can influence any of it anyway. It mostly influences you.
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#14Well… don't watch the news. The news are a business and they want your attention. That's how they make money. It's mostly fear mongering because that's what sells.
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#15For the first time since I started caring about the news, I've started to avoid it. Yes, news programming sells itself with hysteria. But some things have unquestionably regressed, notably U.S. politics and the dignity and respectability of those who hold office in the USA. And, for that matter, the Supreme Court. But all of that goes back to the deliberate, belligerent ignorance championed by millions of people in t…
The internet really allowed people to reinforce their own idiotic believes by following and connecting with other people with those exact same believes. And now you get thousands of loonies all reinforcing each other over the internet and living in a bubble of other people obsessed with some random niche thing.
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#16Looking at the news...
Stop for 1 week. Come back and report how you feel.
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#17Life on earth is caviat emptor, with no guarantees. Sometimes more things that matter get better than get worse or vice versa. Because the world is a web of feedback loops, it makes sense that lots of things are cyclical. The list of things that are going to get worse before they get better may get longer before it gets shorter. Don't complain; organize.
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#18Take a look at trophy hunted species: when we slaughter the largest members of a species, the individuals get smaller generation after generation.
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#19How did this post end up in Ask HN, since its missing the “Ask HN”?
Because you can either post a URL, or you can post text. If you post text, then it ends up in "Ask HN". It's convention to begin the title with "Ask HN" to avoid confusion, but the server software doesn't care.
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#20They tell us that we lost our tails evolving up from little snails.