Why We Should Not Watch Quite so Much News
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We're always being told that the sign of a good and intelligent person is someone who keeps up with the news. But this addiction to the latest events may be a kind of illness that cuts us off from the real insights and information we need to lead good lives. For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://goo.gl/GBi88E\nJoin our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ \nOr visit us in person at our London HQ: https://goo.gl/HAfjfp\nDownload our App: hhttps://goo.gl/AWZP1H\n\nFURTHER READING\n\n“We know that we must, to lay claim to any respectability or competence, keep up with the news. That’s why we’ve ringed the earth with satellites, crisscrossed it with fiber optic cables, and created networks of bureaus that inform us with maniacal urgency of pretty much any event to have unfolded anywhere on the planet in the last few moments. We are, furthermore, equipped with tiny devices that we keep very close to hand, and which we tend to check at intervals of between one and five minutes (rarely longer) so as to monitor all unfolding stories in close to real time. We have been granted a ringside seat on the second by second flow of history…”\n\nYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://goo.gl/86eCLM\n\nMORE SCHOOL OF LIFE\n\nOur website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/G8BwG6\n\nWatch more films on WORK and CAPITALISM in our playlist: \nhttp://bit.ly/TSOLcapitalism\n\nYou can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 \nFind out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GB \n\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA\n\nFeel free to follow us at the links below:\n\nDownload our App: https://goo.gl/AWZP1H\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \n\n\nCREDITS\n\nProduced in collaboration with:\n \nKathrin Steinbacher\n\nhttps://www.kathrinsteinbacher.com/
