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Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed

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757 points headalgorithm | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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matteoraso ◴[05 Feb 25 18:34 UTC] No.42953029[source]▶
Why is it even important to stay informed? In virtually all cases, there's very little that I can do about anything, so I'm just wasting energy by looking at the news.
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1. stackedinserter ◴[05 Feb 25 21:25 UTC] No.42955384[source]▶
To predict future and make your decisions, e.g. on where to live, what skills to learn and what to do in general.

If you're on HN, it's most likely you can't control reality much, but you can navigate it better.