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The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life with Sahil Bloom

All the Hacks with Chris Hutchins

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The News Paradox: Consuming More News Makes You Less Well Informed

Consuming more news actually leads to being less well informed due to the noise bottleneck, which increases the ratio of noise to signal. Many find their overall understanding of the world improves when they dramatically reduce their news consumption and heavily curate their news sources. By focusing on getting the basics from reliable sources and going deeper on topics that will be relevant in the long term, individuals can avoid being constantly bombarded by non-essential 'breaking news' and instead have time to think about things they actually care about.

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