Maybe zero news is suboptimal for people in corporates, or who rely on it for networking. I buy that news is widely overconsumed though, and don’t buy that getting embarrassed by lack of news-knowledge is commonly a serious problem.
I’ve seen people get very embarrassed by this but perhaps that’s irrational on there part and due to social oversensitivity out of proportion to the actual social costs (hardly unheard of)
How about the prestige/social benefits of being up on the news? Or indeed some TV?
I figure they’re less than the benefits from other enjoyable activities like socialising, networking, or doing interesting projects.
In extremis, presumably the prestige costs of being totally uninformed about the news are worth avoiding?
Maybe. Zero food is obviously suboptimal...
Maybe zero news is suboptimal for people in corporates, or who rely on it for networking. I buy that news is widely overconsumed though, and don’t buy that getting embarrassed by lack of news-knowledge is commonly a serious problem.
I’ve seen people get very embarrassed by this but perhaps that’s irrational on there part and due to social oversensitivity out of proportion to the actual social costs (hardly unheard of)