As we know porn causes brain fog but news does too.
The article below is a short easy read. I've listed some of the section headings so that your interest might be sparked enough to read the article:
https://gwern.net/doc/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf
No 1 – News misleads us systematically
No 2 – News is irrelevant
No 3 – News limits understanding
No 4 – News is toxic to your body
No 5 – News massively increases cognitive
errors
No 6 – News inhibits thinking
No 7 – News changes the structure of your
brain
No 8 – News is costly
No 9 – News sunders the relationship
between reputation and achievement
No 10 – News is produced by journalists
No 9 – News sunders the relationship
between reputation and achievement
No 11 – Reported facts are sometimes
wrong, forecasts always
No 12 – News is manipulative
No 13 – News makes us passive
14 – News gives us the illusion of caring
15 – News kills creativity
What to do instead (from the article):
Go without news. Cut it out completely. Go cold
turkey.
Make news as inaccessible as possible. Delete the
news apps from your iPhone. Sell your TV. Cancel
your newspaper subscriptions. Do not pick up
newspapers and magazines that lie around in
airports and train stations. Do not set your
browser default to a news site....
The article below is a short easy read. I've listed some of the section headings so that your interest might be sparked enough to read the article:
https://gwern.net/doc/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf
No 1 – News misleads us systematically
No 2 – News is irrelevant
No 3 – News limits understanding
No 4 – News is toxic to your body
No 5 – News massively increases cognitive
errors
No 6 – News inhibits thinking
No 7 – News changes the structure of your
brain
No 8 – News is costly
No 9 – News sunders the relationship
between reputation and achievement
No 10 – News is produced by journalists
No 9 – News sunders the relationship
between reputation and achievement
No 11 – Reported facts are sometimes
wrong, forecasts always
No 12 – News is manipulative
No 13 – News makes us passive
14 – News gives us the illusion of caring
15 – News kills creativity
What to do instead (from the article):
Go without news. Cut it out completely. Go cold
turkey.
Make news as inaccessible as possible. Delete the
news apps from your iPhone. Sell your TV. Cancel
your newspaper subscriptions. Do not pick up
newspapers and magazines that lie around in
airports and train stations. Do not set your
browser default to a news site....
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