I try to keep abreast of world and local events, including ones in countries that are less popular in mainstream media (because they’re poor). I want to stay aware of the big problems that I and the rest of the people here are trying to solve.
For that purpose I joined a few dozen country subreddits, I regularly read a national newspaper, and I get Telegram updates from two additional independent newspapers. By “read” I mean mostly read the headlines—sometimes the first paragraph—less often skim articles—and in rare cases read an entire article (maybe once every week or two). I also look at the suggestions from Google Chrome quite often, and these lead to more articles being actually read.
I find the main disadvantage of news sources to be their fucked up prioritization. But going over headlines without clicking most of them gives you the ability to substitute yours.
I had periods of not reading the news at all, and it was perhaps better for my mental health in harder times, but for now I think I found the right balance.
I try to keep abreast of world and local events, including ones in countries that are less popular in mainstream media (because they’re poor). I want to stay aware of the big problems that I and the rest of the people here are trying to solve.
For that purpose I joined a few dozen country subreddits, I regularly read a national newspaper, and I get Telegram updates from two additional independent newspapers. By “read” I mean mostly read the headlines—sometimes the first paragraph—less often skim articles—and in rare cases read an entire article (maybe once every week or two). I also look at the suggestions from Google Chrome quite often, and these lead to more articles being actually read.
I find the main disadvantage of news sources to be their fucked up prioritization. But going over headlines without clicking most of them gives you the ability to substitute yours.
I had periods of not reading the news at all, and it was perhaps better for my mental health in harder times, but for now I think I found the right balance.