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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Nov 2014

    The less news I read the better I think.

    4:52 PM - 16 Nov 2014
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      2. Thomas Petersen‏ @Hello_World 16 Nov 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli …

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      1. Nick‏ @nachkari 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. - Jefferson

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      2. Subrahmanyam KVJ‏Verified account @SuB8u 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg @AlSaqqaf IMO, think and read is probably better than read and think.

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      3. Bala Kamallakharan‏ @BalaInIceland 16 Nov 2014
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        @SuB8u @paulg @AlSaqqaf I moved to Iceland so I can tune out the local news in Icelandic... local matters more so tuning it out important

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      1. Christian Renaud‏ @xianrenaud 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg “Most neuroses & some psychoses can be traced to the habit of daily wallowing in the troubles & sins of 5bn strangers.” - Heinlein

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      1. ...‏ @planning_ahead 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg @chr1sa just like American voters, right?

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      1. Dr. MJG‏ @DrMJG_7 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg Good point. I don't read #news at all anymore because nowadays all major news headlines just give you a bad #mood

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      2. Nathan McGinness‏ @njmcgee 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg Have you seen this? http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews …

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      1. Startup Dreams‏ @Startup_Dreams 18 Nov 2014
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        @paulg This is a view that is present in Nicholas Nassim Taleb's book Black Swan

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      1. Rohan Light‏ @rl_rohan 17 Nov 2014
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        The more thinking I do, the more comics I read RT @paulg: The less news I read the better I think.

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      1. Igwe Kalu Kalu Ogba‏ @masteriggy 17 Nov 2014
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        @paulg news fasting works

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      1. Ran‏ @RanLearns 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg media is with public education & politics in causing more harm than good. If only it was more like @Jeff_Daniels Will McAvoy on ACN

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      1. Lutfi Zuchri‏ @lutfizuchri 16 Nov 2014
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        leres syekh “@paulg: The less news I read the better I think.”

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      1. Atul Jha‏ @koolhead17 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg ditto.

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      1. Amar Nadig‏ @bigdatabrat 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg of the news

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      1. Synthesis Software‏ @synthesissoft 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg And the more tweets you send!

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      1. Zaid Kaleem‏ @ZaidKaleem 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg That's a problem worth solving!

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      1. Joseph Smith‏ @josephsmithtm 16 Nov 2014
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        @paulg tech news, world news or all news?

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