No news is good news
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No news is good news
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People warned us about going to the United States. With alarming news at saturation point, we had doubts ourselves. Here’s what happened:
Everything was fine.
In Florida, people warned us about going to New Orleans.
New Orleans was amazing. We went to a Halloween street party in the suburbs, and it was pure delight. But the people there warned us about going to downtown New Orleans.
Downtown New Orleans is fantastic. We took the kids for a sunset walk on Bourbon Street, and they loved it.
The news paints a distorted picture of the world, where danger and catastrophe lurk at every corner.
The world is mostly great. But that doesn’t make the news, because reality is boring. Yes we’re privileged, and there’s a lot of real suffering in the world. The news machine knows we feel guilty about our comparative ease, and exploits our empathy.
You already know that just being “aware” of the world’s atrocities doesn’t help. What actually helps is money.
So, Col Fink and I wonder, should you stop watching the news?