[cybersandwich]

Obviously there is a balance and this article/author specifically mentioned long-form articles and books as a better way to absorb, digest, retain, and comprehend information.

I think its probably more accurate to say "click-economy news" is bad for you. It's just so much of our news these days is done with newsflashes, tweets, click-bait headlines, etc that he lumps it all in to "news".

So its not so much that your bury your head in the sand, its that you get your news from quality sources, books, and in more meaningful ways.

I think we are in an interesting period in history where we are transitioning away from powerful information/text in the form of books and print media to a digital based paradigm. "Human consciousness in the digital age, which de-emphasizes the kinds of categorization that marked the age of print, makes us think in a way that is reminiscent of a “medieval peasant.”" https://commforum.mit.edu/the-gutenberg-parenthesis-oral-tra...

Which is equally interesting and terrifying. (And combine that will subscriptions for all digital goods/services--and not owning anything yourself, a new digital form of serfdom.)