I read this article recently and I was just thinking about my news consumption and how much I want to be affected by it.
I feel like it is important because shit is going on in the world however I usually don’t change my habits much over it.
I also think that there should be a middle ground somewhere but I can’t think of it so if anyone of you have ideas please share them.
After I freaked out during the last couple elections, I basically stopped most news. It’s pretty unclear what I could do with it anyway. The theoretical benefit was mostly around politics, but the vast masses just do it as a team sport, so my being “informed” by the news isn’t helping hold politicians accountable or affecting elections. Outside of politics, except for the information about COVID during the pandemic, most specifically the vaccines, I have a hard time thinking of any useful information.
Even local news usually isn’t too relevant. I guess the “avoid this intersection because of power out to lights, flooding, icing or whatever” could be helpful, but usually I don’t get it till it’s later on anyway.