News media is already exhausting and it's not even Monday yet. While thinking about how I can re-calibrate the ways in which I interact with news and news-adjacent media, this morning I revisited this August 2024 episode of Search Engine where Ezra Klein was interviewed about whether there was a sane way to follow the 2024 US presidential election: https://www.searchengine.show/listen/search-engine-1/is-there-a-sane-way-to-follow-this-election (1/?)
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I think this is worth a listen if you’re also trying to figure out how to navigate, understand, and interact with overwhelming and exhausting media for the next…however long times. (2/?)
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I think I sometimes feel that staying incredibly up-to-date with every piece of news about a topic will make me feel well-informed and lead to some kind of sense of fulfillment (?), but I just don’t know think that’s actually true. The podcast episode suggests asking yourself: “what is your purpose in following this topic?” To me, that’s such a refreshing way to pause, think, and take a moment to understand what I want out of a thing instead of trying to find the bottom of the thing. (3/?)
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We know there's going to be an absolute whirlwind of statements, stories, etc. that get rolled out (we have prior art!) and re-calibrating my relationship with news and news media feels like something I actually have a say in and can control. It feels like one of the ways in which I can be a little more resilient against exhaustion.
Shields up, my friends. (4/4 I guess!)
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@patrickfulton that sounds like a good idea. I'm trying to balance this too. I want to remain informed, I care a great deal about people, I also struggle with reading about so much current and potential suffering - but it also feels wrong to stick my head in the sand.
Finding the balance is hard.
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@sarajw it's so difficult! I originally set out to be a journalist, so I naturally gravitate toward news! It's especially tough for me to take a breath before really diving in, but I'm learning that it's so crucial. I sometimes try to frame it as being kind to myself.
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@patrickfulton yes! I frame it by how I'm even less useful to the world if I'm just sad for everyone all the time and feel hopeless. Then I don't do anything good for anyone, not even my family.
So I need to keep myself function to be able to Do Good, which sometimes means a news diet.
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@sarajw I think that's such a great way to frame it.
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