i know i've asked this before, but where can i find a news feed that has only events that actually matter and not just stuff that people happen to be talking about ("X is outraged by comments Y made yesterday on Z")
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just stuff like "scientists invent invention A", "party B wins election in country C", "population or GDP growth higher or lower than expected", "hurricane hits city D", "country E going to war against country F"
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i can't be the only person who wants this, not even close
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
1) figuring out what news events matter is difficult 2) improving on current news outlets is trivial (unless you want to make money doing it) 3) to some extent, what the mob thinks is newsworthy IS newsworthy.
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Replying to @metapotat
1) eh, 2) yes that sounds like what i'm saying, 3) eh
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
I have a higher number than you for 1), but partially it depends: important news for what?
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important in the same sense used by historians to decide what past events to highlight
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IDK how to conceptualize that exactly, but I had in my 'important for predicting the future', particularly in e.g. geopolitics, which probably explains our disagreement
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