Why It's Good to Avoid the News

News confirms our mistakes

News destroys our peace of mind

News encourages terrorism

News gets risk assessment all wrong

News gives us the illusion of empathy

News inhibits thought

News is a waste of time

News is invented by journalists

News is irrelevant

News is manipulative

News is outside your circle of competence

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body

News is toxic to your body

News keeps the opinion volcano bubbling

News kills creativity

News makes us passive

News makes us smaller than we really are

News obscures the big picture

News produces fake fame

News reinforces availability bias

News reinforces hindsight bias

News rewires our brains

From Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer, and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli