• News misleads
• News is irrelevant
• News has no explanatory power

  The more "news factoids" you digest, the less of the big picture you will understand. If more information leads to higher economic success, we'd expect journalists to be at the top of the pyramid. That's not the case.

• News is toxic to your body
• News increases cognitive errors
• News inhibits thinking
• News works like a drug
• News wastes time
• News makes us passive
• News kills creativity

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