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)
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)