News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli

News is irrelevant. Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you

consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affecting your life, your career or your business. The point

is: the consumption of news is irrelevant to you. But people find it very difficult to recognise what's relevant. It's much easier to

recognise what's new. The relevant versus the new is the fundamental battle of the current age. Media organisations want you to

believe that news offers you some sort of a competitive advantage. Many fall for that. We get anxious when we're cut off from the flow

of news. In reality, news consumption is a competitive disadvantage.

The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have.

[chuk_77]

yeah who needs to read the newspaper when you have CS?

They seem to read about the same lately. Almost prefer the whats fer dinner threads

[softail-joanie]

spegetti with meatballs, cold from the can, Pepsi to wash it down. I'm really livin it up. lol