Atiba Shaikh
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

This is SO true, yet is something that most people who follow daily news don’t get.

I stopped actively reading/watching news when I was 15, but rather than being an irresponsible teenager’s decision, it has turned out to be an essential step to cut all that noise and negativity.

However, I am aware that it’s hard for a daily consumer of news to quit altogether. As such, I believe a milder approach can be adopted, such as:

  1. Not getting ANY news through social networks. Because the deal is, even if you are following trusted sources, those trusted, authentic sources also need to calibrate their news according to algorithms. That way, you end up with only a superficial (and sometimes not so well researched) overview of things.
  2. Follow curated newsletters. I currently follow NextDraft by Dave Pell, and Quartz Daily Brief. Also, I recently came across a weekly newsletter by Rob Howard. The unique thing about this one is that it has no links at all.
  3. When you hear of some news that piques your interest, you can always do your own research to learn more, without needing to depend on high frequency sources.

Once you get used to the idea of not getting constant updates, you can switch over to weekly or monthly updates that you get from offline sources like magazines, and even check out books to get a much bigger perspective of things.

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