News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
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News misleads.
News is irrelevant.
News has no explanatory power.
News is toxic to your body.
News increases cognitive errors. News feeds the mother of all cognitive errors: confirmation bias.
News inhibits thinking. Thinking requires concentration. Concentration requires uninterrupted time.
News works like a drug. As stories develop, we want to know how they continue