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Comment author: roland 08 September 2015 04:28:07PM *  6 points [-]

Information diet?

I did a quick search on LW but didn't find any important article about information diet. Did I miss something?

Questions worth considering:

  • Should we eliminate all news sources like some advocate?
  • What about the news that are relevant, e.g. changes in the tax code that you need to know about?

So I'm aiming for the soft spot of eliminating all the unnecessary news while still getting those pieces that are relevant for me.

Any ideas?

Comment author: jaime2000 09 September 2015 03:31:02PM *  4 points [-]

Should we eliminate all news sources like some advocate?

Yes.

What about the news that are relevant, e.g. changes in the tax code that you need to know about?

If you try to read the news, you will see far more proposed changes tax changes than actual changes, and far more useless political debate than practical ramifications. Much more efficient to just google "tax changes [state] [year]" once a year or ask an accountant you know.

Comment author: Lumifer 09 September 2015 04:21:52PM 1 point [-]

Yes.

What, no conditionality on e.g. where you live?

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