I think this is the nail on the head for me.

I think this is the nail on the head for me. I came to the conclusion late last year that I was spending too much time reading social, news and commentary - getting really sucked in. It was a massive waste of time, a productivity killer, and often quite depressing. For instance, I live in a country where the police have no guns, and gun crime is almost non-existent. And yet, I felt like I was constantly reading about police shootings and brutality, (primarily from the U.S). And... it started to really upset me. This news has no context in my existence at all, and yet I know about it in great detail. Same goes for all the Twitter flaming, and all sorts of other stuff. I realised it was actually making me very unhappy. I decided to see if I could take a step back - I deleted my Facebook and Twitter, and tried to avoid comments and most extraneous news. I expected I'd go a bit mad, but the opposite happened - I'm actually surprised at just how happier I am now. Ignorance is bliss? That said, I do believe there is huge value in being informed - but it is hard to regulate and parse all the information out there into something meaningful. HN is my only vice now - I'm a lurker mostly, and it's work related so that's okay, right? ;)

Posted by plug on Mar 18, 2015, 9:11 PM

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