> Somewhat related, I've also noticed that people who don't go out of their way to inform themselves (eg: watch/read the news) in general seem happier
Makes sense, most of whats shown on the news is just daily misery, without any relevance. My wife watches the 8 o clock news daily and most days the only news of any relevance is the weather report. The rest is just a barrage of ''in some country (usually a million miles away) some people got stabbed/a bus crashed/a terrorist attack happened/some environmental disaster/a company made a bazillion dollars profit/a politician did a thing''. Its all completely worthless to know, its forgotten five minutes afterwards and all it does is increase anger, fear and/or anxiety just a little bit more every day.
Makes sense, most of whats shown on the news is just daily misery, without any relevance. My wife watches the 8 o clock news daily and most days the only news of any relevance is the weather report. The rest is just a barrage of ''in some country (usually a million miles away) some people got stabbed/a bus crashed/a terrorist attack happened/some environmental disaster/a company made a bazillion dollars profit/a politician did a thing''. Its all completely worthless to know, its forgotten five minutes afterwards and all it does is increase anger, fear and/or anxiety just a little bit more every day.