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A review by jankatar
Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
As someone who doesn't really read the news anyway, I wasn't the envisioned audience for this book. It did help me articulate some of the concerns I already had, such as the fact that equal amounts of news are churned out every day even though there are days where nothing really happens, and the fact that the news consists of tiny snippets of information that never really give you the bigger, very complex picture behind why things are happening. I also gained some new arguments against the news that I'd never thought of, e.g. that it's increasingly made to be clickbait-y since the main source of funding is advertising.
Apart from that, this is a very black and white book about a former news-a-holic (in his own words) who found a thing that made his life a bit better and is now annoyingly preachy about it. He acts as if the news is ruining everyone's life in equal measure and is only ever a bad thing, and though some of his arguments are good, some are just utter incel-y bullshit.
This book would be twice as good if it were 50% the length
Apart from that, this is a very black and white book about a former news-a-holic (in his own words) who found a thing that made his life a bit better and is now annoyingly preachy about it. He acts as if the news is ruining everyone's life in equal measure and is only ever a bad thing, and though some of his arguments are good, some are just utter incel-y bullshit.
This book would be twice as good if it were 50% the length