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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: 0.402s | source
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yowayb ◴[05 Feb 25 15:22 UTC] No.42949712[source]▶
Those of us in the west tend to forget that much of what we see is a form of propaganda, whether by governments or businesses, or even a large number of people. When you keep this in mind, everything you see becomes an opinion and your mind can comfortably (or at least not emotionally/hurriedly) form your own opinion over time.
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1. genewitch ◴[05 Feb 25 22:33 UTC] No.42956301[source]▶
It ostensibly used to be better in the US, and then the smith--mundt act was changed/repealed and now who knows.

I do like the "that's just like, your opinion, man" as an answer to news stories, though.