I agree on the news front. The vast majority of news today is irrelevant to just about everyone’s life. There is no good reason why I need to know about a mother who killed her children or some comments one famous person said about another famous person. That sort of information doesn’t make me a better citizen or even make me more informed about the world in a meaningful way. I do listen to NPR when I’m in my car, and that has been useful to me, although it’s worth pointing out that I am essentially multi-tasking while doing it, so I’m not using dedicated time.
A couple other things I am not doing:
Eating meat (one year strong, and I’m happy to report that it takes almost zero time now)
Participating in social media (I was an early adopter in 2004, but I’ve been off for two years)
I agree on the news front. The vast majority of news today is irrelevant to just about everyone’s life. There is no good reason why I need to know about a mother who killed her children or some comments one famous person said about another famous person. That sort of information doesn’t make me a better citizen or even make me more informed about the world in a meaningful way. I do listen to NPR when I’m in my car, and that has been useful to me, although it’s worth pointing out that I am essentially multi-tasking while doing it, so I’m not using dedicated time.
A couple other things I am not doing:
Eating meat (one year strong, and I’m happy to report that it takes almost zero time now)
Participating in social media (I was an early adopter in 2004, but I’ve been off for two years)
Checking a smart phone (I don’t have one)
Watching TV (I don’t have service)