I would add that the point made here intersects with Bryan's ideas in 'The Myth of the Rational Voter'. If one of the motivations to stay informed is that you then cast your vote and engage in any other political activity in a more rational manner, this goes out of the window if you realise your vote has no bearing on the result. You are…
I would add that the point made here intersects with Bryan's ideas in 'The Myth of the Rational Voter'. If one of the motivations to stay informed is that you then cast your vote and engage in any other political activity in a more rational manner, this goes out of the window if you realise your vote has no bearing on the result. You are then free to indulge your own irrationality.
Media consumption is in this argument nothing to do with staying informed to make good rational decisions, but to indulge your pre-existing ideas. Which is somewhat comforting but it doesn't really matter how biased or useless the media is, it isn't really changing many people's minds anyway.
As someone else already said, just use substack or other blogs for your understanding of the world, and avoid the rest of the news altogether, much healthier.....
I would add that the point made here intersects with Bryan's ideas in 'The Myth of the Rational Voter'. If one of the motivations to stay informed is that you then cast your vote and engage in any other political activity in a more rational manner, this goes out of the window if you realise your vote has no bearing on the result. You are then free to indulge your own irrationality.
Media consumption is in this argument nothing to do with staying informed to make good rational decisions, but to indulge your pre-existing ideas. Which is somewhat comforting but it doesn't really matter how biased or useless the media is, it isn't really changing many people's minds anyway.
As someone else already said, just use substack or other blogs for your understanding of the world, and avoid the rest of the news altogether, much healthier.....