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Originally Posted by Russic
This raises an interesting conversation around limiting the news in your life. On one hand, some people get very bothered by people who don't "stay informed," while on the other, the news isn't exactly a perfect representation of what's going on in the world. They need results by way of clicks and eyeballs, and humans are naturally attuned to negative over positive, so I've found myself questioning if following the news is a good way of remaining informed.
The last election cycle was interesting because it's one of the first I actively avoided. Spent probably 10 minutes looking at candidate platforms, made a call based on that, and voted more or less the same way I would have had I submerged myself in a 3-month-long anger bath.
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When my kids were young I was concerned that they wouldn’t have newspapers around the house or TV news on in the evenings like I had growing up. I wanted them to be engaged with the news and politics like I was when was a teenager.
But given the state of news media and politics today, I’m actually okay with the fact my kids don’t follow the news. I think they’ll have a healthier, more true understanding of the world around them just through their own experiences than through the fear and outrage-peddling that passes for most news today.
If a particular issue appears on their radar I’ll steer them towards some sober, non-hysterical sources to learn more about it. And that’s enough.