[simonlebo]

I am mostly disturbed by this essay and a lot of the comments. Reading the news is a difficult act indeed. You need to read between the lines, understand that a lot of things are opinion based and that there are a lot of opinions depending on how you look at a problem. But just because it is difficult and quite imperfect is it a reason why we should stop doing it? How else can we fight inequality, injustice and problems of the world. I understand tat Aaron's point is not to do ignore problems, and his history obviously bring nothing but respect but in an era where "Fake News" is being shouted everywhere, I fear that the message of this essay is a dangerous one. By disregarding news because of it's limits/imperfections, we expose ourselves to much bigger problems. I force myself to read the news everyday because I think it is my civic duty.

[hkmurakami]

Books are at least a bit better, though still flawed, and aaronsw iirc regrets to this in this essay. (It's been a few years since I last read it)