A couple of semi-recent examples would be the referendum on Scottish independence and the Islamic State business in the middle east. I obviously found out about them, but it felt like I found out about them a lot later than I would have liked. It's not so much that these have an immediate impact on my life (Scottish independence does, but it's not like I'd be able to remain ignorant by the time it's resolved), but they're massive news events that I basically didn't notice until everyone else was talking about them. This suggests I'm probably missing other events that people aren't talking about, and that makes me want to up my game.
A couple of semi-recent examples would be the referendum on Scottish independence and the Islamic State business in the middle east.
What about the recent Swedish election results?
Incidentally, it was disturbingly hard to find an article about them that didn't put a misleading spin on the results.
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