[throwaway5848]

I used to think that. Then I realized that during the last 5-10 years, international developments have impacted my life far more than what's happening in my neighborhood/municipality. Remote working, covid restrictions, crypto, etc. What happens in the world ends up knocking on your door sooner or later.

[mrfusion]

I see your point for sure. But I’d say Covid was pretty exceptional though.

I’m not sure if crypto counts as major headlines especially if you wanted to find out about it early.

I’d actually see early crypto news as a local interest but local meaning a technical niche instead of geographical.

I still think 99% of major daily headlines won’t affect your daily life. Assuming we ever go back to 2019 boring.

[throwaway5848]

> I’d actually see early crypto news as a local interest but local meaning a technical niche instead of geographical.

Interesting point, I had not considered that. Locality not just in the geographical sense.

> I still think 99% of major daily headlines won’t affect your daily life.

I agree for the majority of people in other countries. In my case, I live in a developing country with >50% annual inflation. Sometimes headlines here really affect your life, like the govt suddenly prohibiting importing US dollars (e.g., if you work remotely), or requiring 1/3 women to form a LLC so I can't open a business with a male friend when I could yesterday. And this is clearly just following trends from USA/Europe. There are countless other examples.

I'd agree, though, not that these are not strictly "international" news but not local either.