Why I don't read news

The world of news is noisy, because they have to hype it. They try to get you to pay attention to something that’s not actually important. They create a false sense of urgency, social status, fear, shock, or any tricks possible to manipulate your psychological triggers, and ultimately help them profit. <br>- linked page Derek Sivers

In news, you will typically see something like

And I know what you are going to think about it, because I am thinking in the same way. But quite often, it is at most half of the story, while the other half left out by the media could be like

And it is part of human nature to linked page, so the news will always win.

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*The thought is derived from* an *occasional conversation about current inflations with a Mexican wall painter who taught me about what bad days used to look like.*