You Are Not Obligated to Follow the News Every Minute of Every Day
The more the world seems to spiral out of control, the more important it is to control what you read about it.
You can consume better news…
In the late 2000s, with a liberal arts degree in a field I ultimately had no interest in pursuing, I, like many millennials, entered the world of work as the global economy slowly began to recover from the Great Recession. Having spent four years in college studying math and computer science, and much of my free time DJing and running my college radio station, I emerged into the post-Great Recession world feeling distinctly unprepared to understand the post-Great Recession world — and distinctly unfamiliar with the pre-Great Recession world. That led me to The Economist, which, prior to the summer of 2009, I had never read. Since my goal was to learn about the rest of the world, reading The Economist seemed like something I should do.
In many ways, what comes off as a statement of braggadocio among Davos-going elites is actually a powerful equalizer, a tool for bringing news and ideas from every corner of the globe to every other corner of the globe. A decade on, I’ve certainly learned a lot about the world from reading The Economist. However, the most…
