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Does the News Matter?

October 20, 2006 | Arts & Culture | Governance | People & Society

Aaron Swartz speaks for me:

But finally, I'd like to argue that following the news isn't just a waste of time, it's actively unhealthy. Edward Tufte notes that when he used to read the New York Times in the morning, it scrambled his brain with so many different topics that he couldn't get any real intellectual work done the rest of the day.

I agree, and it's a hard habit to break.

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