Legacy Media Is Lying To You - Balaji Srinivasan | Modern Wisdom Podcast 519

I stopped following the news, which doesn’t mean I ignore what’s happening in the world. A system based on creating anxiety, fake urgency, and designed to keep people on their toes stays out of my life. If it’s not an in-depth analysis, a long-form article or a book, it doesn’t get my attention. This article by Rolf Dobelli is a good starting point... See more

The idea to split us all into mini-Medicis through platforms like Patreon, if anything, has only further diluted the actual value. It's not just about the fact that they financially support you (that's called a customer, or a customer who tips generously), but that they actually help grow your potential by using their status and name and resources ... See more

If you serve as a mechanical slave to mass media and online algorithms, you’ll end up with intellectual diabetes. To find quality information, you have to rebel against the incentives of mass media and the algorithms that threaten its business model.Make no mistake. For the conscious news consumer, there has never been a better time to be alive. Th... See more