> Most news is negative, useless and have no material impact on your life.
About 15 years ago I heard the concept of the information-action ratio[1] and it totally changed the way I consumed news. As you note, most things in the news are irrelevant to me in the sense that I can’t take any meaningful action based on them.
I still read some news—and pay for $1/week subscriptions to multiple newspapers, which they have so far let me renew indefinitely if I threaten to cancel every six months—but I spend much less time following national and global news than I used to.
About 15 years ago I heard the concept of the information-action ratio[1] and it totally changed the way I consumed news. As you note, most things in the news are irrelevant to me in the sense that I can’t take any meaningful action based on them.
I still read some news—and pay for $1/week subscriptions to multiple newspapers, which they have so far let me renew indefinitely if I threaten to cancel every six months—but I spend much less time following national and global news than I used to.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%E2%80%93action_rat...