Better Ways to Be Informed
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How do you get your news? Do you consume too much news? Does it make you want to curl into a ball and cry yourself to sleep? It doesn't have to be that way! I've come up with a list of different ways to fix it.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Quit the News
1:41 Know Your Intentions
2:30 Set Limits
2:58 Ad
4:32 Back to Limits
5:11 Fix Your Feeds
6:59 Read Past the Headline
8:14 Seek Local News
Proof that links are unreliable! • Proof!
VIDEOS MENTIONED
Feelin Lazy (old Wheezy Video) • feelin' lazy
Nathaniel Drew • Here's why I stopped watching the news
Rolf Dobelli TED Talk • Four reasons you should stop watching the ...
NEWSLETTERS I USE
New York Times "The Morning" https://www.nytimes.com/series/us-mor...
Morning Brew https://www.morningbrew.com/daily
Future Crunch Good News https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews/
Tangled (I forgot to mention this) https://www.readtangle.com
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SOURCES OF GOOD NEWS
/ 99-goodnews-2021
https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/st...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
SOURCES FOR VIDEO
Rolf Dobelli Article https://www.theguardian.com/media/201...
Ways to get news https://www.themuse.com/advice/7-awes...
The media pyramid https://people.howstuffworks.com/cult...
https://artplusmarketing.com/how-to-b...
Slow Media https://www.newyorker.com/culture/ann...
Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Mental Floss https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/9...
How to Establish a Healthy Media Diet https://www.rewire.org/how-to-establi...
/ 10-ways-to-consume-news-in-2020
https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/Af...
How to Read the News Without Doom Scrolling https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/news...
https://theriveter.co/voice/how-to-wa...
How to Choose Your News • How to choose your news - Damon Brown
Algorithms control your online life. Here's how to reduce their influence. https://mashable.com/article/how-to-a...
THANKS, PATRONS
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