Ask HN: What do you wish you had known before you turned 40?

Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had known before you turned 40? by vacri on Monday February 23, 2015 @12:52AM (#9092794)

All good, except "don't watch the news". Watch the news. Learn more about the world around you and what's going on with other people. Just don't watch sensationalist news that is more about capturing eyeballs than imparting information.

The "works in progress" is a very good point to make.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had known before you turned 40? by gmays on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:24AM (#9092898)

I agree with you, but I prefer to read the news than to watch--it gives me more control over what I consume and how I interpret. Not a big fan of TV in general.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had known before you turned 40? by cossatot on Monday February 23, 2015 @01:38AM (#9092944)

Agreed. Also, any given article also has about 10x more actual information than the 45 second TV news blip (or longer NPR segment for that matter).

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had known before you turned 40? by mclide on Monday February 23, 2015 @02:29AM (#9093093)

The test before reading/watching news is "would I read/watch this if it was a week old?" If you wouldn't, don't waste your time on it now.

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