Electronic/World Wide Web>Blog: Cain, David (December 2016), Five Things You Notice When You Quit the News, Retrieved on 2016-12-29Source Material [www.raptitude.com]
Folksonomies: productivity current events prioritization Memes
29 DEC 2016
Most current-events-related conversations are just people...
“Because it helps you participate in everyday conversations!” is a weak but at least meaningful answer to the “What is accomplished” question. But when you quit playing the current events game, and observe others talking about them, you might notice that almost nobody really knows what they’re talking about.
There is an extraordinary gulf between having a functional understanding of an issue, and the cursory glance you get from the news. If you ever come across a water-cooler conve...29 DEC 2016