I used to think following the news would help me be prepared. It mostly has not.
The problem with the news is that generally it’s not actionable information.
Don’t forget that framing things in ways that maximizes emotional response (fear, anger) increases views, which increases ad views, and directly contributes to their bottom line. They have direct incentive to increase anxiety and worry, so everything is couched in scary hypotheticals of varying often undisclosed amounts of credibility.
Occasionally I check the news, maybe once per month or two, just to see if the world is still on fire.
Most of the time it is. Fair enough I guess.
I used to think following the news would help me be prepared. It mostly has not.
Yeah. Once the CDC helped me prepare for Zombies, I realized I could relax about the news.
May 16th 2011… Pretty sure this is an April fools joke, and like everything in government it was a month and a half late.
Yeah. It’s a joke publicity stunt.
But it’s also useful - the preparations given for zombie apocalypse are actually pragmatic preparations that can help during severe weather, supply chain disruption, pandemic, etc.
I like to share the zombie article, in particular, because, while it’s silly, the advice in it is reasonable and useful to almost anyone.
Got to keep the heart rate up!
In before the people that get irrationally angry about the censored word.
I consider myself rationally angry about it!
My eyes aren’t what they used to be and the image is small on my phone screen so I just thought it said “shiiiiiiiit”. Went back and took a look after reading your comment and realized it was a blurred out portion. Yikes. Just brains doing brain stuff and filling in the blanks the way they see fit I guess.
My brain did the same. Now I’m like “wel sh…t!”
Yes let’s all bury our heads in the sand now. I’m sure it will all turn out fine 🫣
