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Serious Q: Is it *ever* a good idea for the typical person to read current events journalism as it’s published? Is it not just strictly better to wait 6-12 weeks, start w/ the Wikipedia entry, then work back through whichever pieces seem to acknowledge most of the relevant facts?
I’m not super concerned with time cost, but *really* concerned about the risk of getting anchored on rushed early narratives that almost necessarily saturate the feeds/airwaves before most of the facts are available @davidmcraney @timokissel @KyleDCarrot
Wikipedia has been compromised by digital maoists... Many things happen too fast to understand them outside of the event, but it really depends on the frequency you're trying to capture.
Might not apply to Kids These Days, but I feel that part of the benefit of using Wikipedia as the fact-aggregator is that I & just about everyone else who went through the school system during the 90s/early 00s had an innate skepticism of Wikipedia deeply embedded in our psyches
The "what if newspapers published once a year" thought experiment. Cuts out so much BS and wrong reporting. One reason why I like the once a week news shows
For the extremely urgent things, sure - if there's a hurricane bearing down on you. Otherwise, no. I like @stewartbrand 's "Science is the only news". Not literally true, but has much truth.
The fuller quote has more of the nuance:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/213539-science-is-the-only-news-when-you-scan-a-news …
My gut says there's no need to keep up with it day-by-day. Whenever I've taken long breaks from the news because of work projects, I've never felt lesser for it, out of the loop, or come back from hermitage feeling like I've missed out.
That strategy does partly sacrifice one frequent purpose for following the news: as shared touchstone and conversation topic.
Only if you want events to evolve without the opportunity to support or resist the outcome.
It's certainly a great way to cut through the noise and optimize personal time/attention budgets.
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