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0 pointsJacobThreeThree3y ago0 comments

Agreed. People just want their worldview spoon-fed to them. Once they realize that it's not healthy, it's too daunting to actually put in the effort needed to construct their own worldview and apply it to their life, thus the head-in-sand ignorance approach.

I'm surprised Aaron Swartz, of all people, had this view.

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dageshi3y ago

No, they just realise it's not productive anymore. It's a time sink that pushes misery and drama into your life without any practical way to do anything about it.

I don't think the human mind is designed to absorb all the worlds ills and misery, the news amplifies the worst of what's going on in the world and delivers it to you minute by minute, the only rational way of dealing with it is to either cut it out or become unspeakably cynical about it all.

ben_w3y ago

I realised a long time ago that even shedding merely a single tear every time an evil deed is done would lead to dying of dehydration in one's sleep.

I mostly try to cut out the news, but the options are not limited to just cutting it out or becoming cynical: an ex went into politics with a genuine desire to make the world right. She is (or was) Green Party (US), so not making much progress, but it is at least a different path.

I definitely agree our minds aren't fit for this world: more people online than heartbeats in our lifetimes, combined with a psychology that treats a list of more than 7-ish items as infinite.

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