[arubania2]

I tend to agree; I don’t really follow news myself. If there’s anything big going on, I’d know anyway.

But IMO there are two blind spots in that philosophy:

- If everybody did that, even the big things would not propagate. You’d only know there is a war going on if you heard the bombs.

- Voting becomes a problem. Since everything you hear is from people around you, it is most likely an opinion, which you will then echo. Also you might miss stuff which would affect your opinion, but which your friends didn’t care for.