Nassim Taleb, in his incerto, makes the argument that: - Most news is actually entertainment disguised as information. - You can't act on the vast majority of news. - Most medias, including specialized ones, can give a very good appearance of competence while actually knowing nothing of the actual situation. - Medias, of course, have agendas and allegiances. - You don't have neither the skill nor the resources to ver…
Tim Ferris' idea about filter of consequences is interesting. Except for the fact that that information has likely passed through filters of propaganda and almost certainly passed through filters of ignorance, stupidity, and bias. No matter how well-informed, intelligent, and unbiased you think the deliverer of said information might be unless he's telling you something he witnessed first hand.