Then there was the first long trip for 2 months, and I realized that nothing so annoying as political news from the homeland. Especially the point that they are enraged, write the whole essay on the subject, but no one does anything. In the end, you come in social networkTo find out how are your friends, and poured a bucket of mud on you. And this stream practically interrupted.
And right would it have been only political news! News because as selected - so loud yes poskandalney! The good news is rarely on hearing a long time. But the poor have a higher rating! If you add the literary talents of journalists from the so-so news can be a disaster - and immediately raised the rating!
You're upset, mood deteriorates, productivity and the level of life satisfaction fell. But everything else and remained in their places.
Therefore, I just could not get past the Guardian article on why the news - it's so bad. It makes again think about what information we collect, and to begin to filter it with even greater zeal.
As I mentioned above, news can spoil you not only mood but also health. So you should be very careful about what exactly and in what sources you read.
News misleading
For example, you read the news that a collapsed bridge which just passes through the machine. On what it will focus attention? Naturally, the machine (or machines, if there were many), on who was the driver where he was going, if he managed to survive. After all, people - being very emotional, they will worry, moan, gasp and think about the family of this man.
But in fact what is actually needed to focus on? Of course, on the bridge. On its construction characteristics. Why he collapsed? Maybe, because the local authorities did not pay enough attention to the state of the bridge? Do not repair it in time, violated the rules of operation? If so, for this it is possible and in jail there.
News carried us down the wrong route. Overvalued news of the terrorist attacks, the collapse of banks and crashes. And too undervalued on financial responsibility, the impact of stress on our bodies and ordinary people who are doing important work. Unfortunately, we can not mute the alarming voice in my head, so the only option is not to spoil their nerves - to reduce the absorption of the information. Can not you in the modern world to refuse to fly airplanes, drive a car or use the services of banks?
Most of the news do not carry important information
Think of any news last year, you have learned to discover something really useful? Something that has helped you solve an important problem or take the right decisionConcerning your life, your business or your career? You remember? If so, it is unlikely that much, and we read a lot of news during the day. Conclusion: The majority of them does not carry important information for you.
But we are accustomed to the news. They give us a sense of security and a certain awareness, a sense of the benefits (I know, and you - do not!). And some people even begin to feel a certain anxiety, being cut off from the flow of news for a few days.
In fact, the less news you consume, the more specific you are compared with others, because you need to filter a much less information, and important to you and so come to that.
News you can not really explain anything
News - this is just a small blisters, which burst on the surface of the vast ocean-world. News that reach the media and journalists who subsequently convey to you, it's just a reflection of deeper processes. They did not disclose the fact, because it simply can not. And the more you focus on all of these bubbles, the more troubled you see the overall picture of the world. The most important thing eludes you. Because you have to stop looking at the bubbles to the surface and see what it is that causes them?
News harm the body
News constantly appeal to your limbic system. News of the disaster and simply alarms stimulate hormone production stress (Cortisol), and to what good it will not. Fear, depression, anxiety, digestive problems and susceptibility to infections - too high a price to pay in order to stay abreast of all, right?
News increases the likelihood of cognitive errors
Newsline - the mother of cognitive errors. According to Warren Buffett (Warren Buffett), one tries to interpret all the new information so that it is confirmed already made conclusions. And news exacerbate this problem. We become too self-confident, underestimate risks and missing good opportunities. Our brain is hungry for stories in which there is a hidden meaning, even if in fact they do not correspond to reality. We listen to the news and present them as more convenient for us, we find all the visible and invisible proof of our innocence. In general, we are turning everything upside down, as long as it matches the picture we have painted ourselves.
News bad for the memory
Thinking requires concentration. Concentration requires a certain time. News constructed to constantly distract us. They are similar to viruses that steal your attention for the sake of their own needs. But there are worse things: the news is not very beneficial effect on our memory.
There are two types of memory. Power long-term virtually limitless. But the short-term, working memory can hold not all. That the information was remembered for a long time, it is necessary to understand, digest, and this is impossible without the proper concentration. The abundance of news does not allow us to focus on something one. Even worse is the case with news online, as almost every article is crammed with references. We are starting to jump on him, and somewhere on the 10th forget that, with what, in fact, it all started and what we're doing here at all.
By its action the news like drugs
We love the history of the development, we like to know how the matter. And this need is difficult to ignore. That's just in my head we have hundreds of storylines ...
Previously, it was believed that an adult neurons do not constitute new connections. Now, however, scientists have found that it is not. The more news we consume, the more we train neural connections responsible for multitasking and fluent consumption information, forgetting about those responsible for the concentration and thoughtful consumption. The more news, the less our ability to focus on something one. Even die-hard fans of the books after they sit on the needle news, not read more than 4-5 pages. They're just tired. And it's not because they are older, but because their brain structure has changed.
News spend time
You read or watch the news on TV 15 minutes for breakfast. Then there are still news in the afternoon. And do not forget the evening reports. And given the more and the time that you spend during the working day to ensure that read news, accidentally hit you in the eye in a tape of social networks, it turns out a pretty impressive piece of time.
News make us passive
For the most part the news - it's stunning stories about the events to which we can not influence. They grind us as long as we do not svyknites with the idea of inevitability of everything that happens to us and the world around them and did not begin to take it all for granted. There is a term "learned helplessness"Characterizing the reluctance of the human or animal body to change a hostile environment, even if there is such a possibility. Due to the habit of watching the news we accustom ourselves to this state.
News kill creativity
News drives us depressed, helpless and do take away the basic resources of our memory. What kind of works can be a question ?!
Completely abandon the news can not be: after all we live in is not a very peaceful world and would like to know when the time comes to flee. You want to keep up events? Read is not news, but a serious analytical articles, listen to podcasts right and talk to smart people who do not care about the bubbles on the surface - they are interested in what is hidden in the depths.