Quitting News Consumption

Easy solution: Don't read, listen to, or watch the news.If I recall correctly, there was even an article about this idea on Hacker News just a few days ago.If there is ever anything really important, I am bound to hear it via conversations with my family, friends, or co-workers. Or even a quick scan of headlines on HN. No need to be glued to CNN.However, articles on HN about inspiring topics, software engineering principles, or new ways of thinking, there's something worth reading.

Discover why I stopped following the news and why you should consider doing the same. Learn why the news can be harmful to you and how you can escape the negative spiral of news consumption.

Bare minimum, don't visit news websites of any kind. They're designed to attract clicks and be sensational and make you think it matters. Really, almost no news story has any impact on your life. You would be exactly as happy and able to live your life without knowing anything about the story.Anything truly important you'll hear about from other people. If you want, get a subscription to the atlantic or something where they have long form articles that are well researched and m

I don't. There are a handful of sites I follow via RSS and I get any really important new through them. I think what you'll find though is that most news isn't relevant to you (including HN) and that you can both be less anxious and have more time to focus on whatever is important to you if you miss it. Just try delaying news consumption by a week to see what I mean. Most of it will seem irrelevant a week later.Since I saw you mentioned wanting to be able to talk about whatever

Most of the "news" is propaganda or advertorial marketing campaigns. If you want to make sure you don't get caught with your pants down if something affecting you happens then let someone else live on that content treadmill. Find a few newsletter digests by people you trust and read those daily or weekly. The only people who need to keep up with the news cycle are the ones creating it and using it to psyop their enemies and marks. Everything else is better when it's had time

I stopped watching and reading the news about 6 years ago. I’ve never felt better. It always put me in this negative feel bad headspace.The content I consume now is HN, Reddit, and direct sources of things I find interesting or want to learn more about. I stopped Twitter within the last two years because it was too much, “let me tell you why X, click thread below for 5 reasons”.I’ve been told I’m ignorant or that it’s embarrassing that I don’t know about current events but honestly I don’t

> I try to not read that much news and instead try to read books.This is pretty much it: it's better to avoid reading news as a habit, and instead use the limited resources on finding quality information, regardless of the medium.That is, don't stop following news. Instead, try to control, what news, where, when and on how often you consume. Prefer quality over quantity.The biggest confusion regarding news stems from the semantics. Even though the name would imply that ther

tune out. it's not like being up to date about everything going on the world is necessary. follow only the news you care about, read only the people whose work you enjoy

It’s great - I dont! Most news, current events, forums are garbage that do not relate to, or help my life in any way!Sorry, but I don’t care what’s happening in the USA, or the Middle East, or anywhere for that matter. I don’t care about the latest celebrity death. I don’t. Care. At. All. I don’t care about your politics unless it affects me, my family, or friends.Media is manipulation.I care about what I can see around me with my own eyes, and I care about programming and computer scie

In my experience, you will hear the most important things from your friends, family or coworkers, so you could just try to not read any news at all. If you feel like you are missing important things, than I would try to go with a short daily or weekly digest of the news you care about the most.