![]() ![]() “…journalism may be the greatest plague we face today–as the world becomes more and more complicated and our minds are trained fo more and more simplification” “Recall that the accomplishment from which I derive the most pride is my weaning myself from television and the news media.” “It takes a huge investment in introspection to learn that the thirty or more hours spent “studying” the news last month neither had any predictive ability during your activities of that month nor did it impact your current knowledge of the world.” His distaste for the news and journalists made me giddy. Nassim Taleb gave voice to my concerns in Fooled by Randomness, and did so in a snarky and entertaining way. ![]() ![]() In part it was to open up time, but it was also because something was happening with the news that I couldn’t quite put into words. I used to spend at least and hour a day reading the newspaper (NY Times or Wall Street Journal) in addition to watching TV news and listening to current-event type podcasts. In focusing on the Books of Titans reading project, I had to make some sacrifices, and the news was one of the first things to go. ![]()
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