If I recall correctly, that was the general approach for consuming the world news by the inhabitants of Shangri-La from James Hilton’s Lost Horizon book; only the latency was extended to years and even decades.
What we learned this week:
1) 'breaking news' is often ideologically-biased 'fake news'
2) there's little point in tracking 'news' day to day
3) just read about it at the end of the week in @TheEconomist and @reason, after the misguided hot takes have cancelled out
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There's a similar theme in 'Anathem' by
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Family renewed my subscription and I was reminded that most of their coverage is very good, literate, well-researched, and amusingly written -- despite some crazy positions on certain issues.
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Why even bother at the end of the week, unless you're a new junky? 99% of news doesn't impact most people's day-to-day lives, and their energy and time would be better spent elsewhere.
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Weekly updates are probably the _most_ frequent news updates that are worth doing for most people; I could imagine an argument for monthly or even biannual updates....
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I was completely with you up til you implied The Economist is a good place to get unbiased news. Maybe they have changed but I ended my subscription after the partisan way they covered the 2016 election against Trump.
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This is a really good take. The instantaneous news cycle is not really helpful, and everyone would be better served by news at longer intervals.
@sapinker says something similar in Enlightenment Now, though aimed at its effects on people's perceptions of societal trends.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Err, you left off the most important one.
@Quillette :-)https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1087125879396851715?s=21 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"The news used to tell you that something happened, and then you had to decide what you thought about it. Now the news tells you how to think about something, and you have to decide if it even happened."
#FakeNews#FakeNewsMediapic.twitter.com/eDc24Irwf5
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