Why the world isn't as bad as you think
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originally shared here on
The world isn’t as bad as you think, because news reporting aggregates the worst events in the world, giving you a skewed perspective.
To truly understand the world, we don’t need more happy-go-lucky stories to make us feel good, but we do need more reporting of bigger trends and what’s driving them. Many of those big picture trends are invisible, but positive.
I found myself smack dab in the middle of a Reddit doomscrolling session this morning when I decided I was sick of the feeling of impending doom. I launched Instapaper instead and found this article.
It serves as a good reminder that we get dopamine hits from reading terrible news, and maybe we should all take some time to break that addiction.
(I’m saying “we” here, but honestly, who reads this stuff? It’s all reminders for me haha)