While I agree that news often doesn’t make you feel particularly good about the world, I do wonder how you balance the need to keep people accountable. For example, wouldn’t the complete lack of attention enable politicians and other influential people to act more irresponsibly, without much backlash? While it may help each individual with their “inner zen”, there’s a sense of social responsibility to staying informed.

How do you or I keep politicians “accountable”.

I've been doing the same thing for about the same amount of time or more. Yeah you get "news" just as a by-product of using the internet but the key is to not actually seek it out. You'll be informed enough, trust me, and you'll be happier.

Do you use any tools to intentionally filter what can reach you?

Nope. Only thing I use is my intentions.

Stumbled upon this today and although the title is a bit extreme, it resonated with me. I normally don't read very much news, but ever since COVID, I've just been in a sea of information. I need to stay informed for my job, but now I struggle to skip any newsletter in my inbox, in case I'm missing some piece of vital information. I wonder whether reading/watching everything that I have over the past few months has actually served me, past the essential info (ie: there's a deadly virus and it's important to stay home). Curious if others are finding the same.