**News substitutes the thinking of others for thinking.** Not reading the news shows you how often what you thought was your own thinking belonged to someone else. You simply regurgitate someone else’s thoughts. Real thinking is hard. It’s much easier to let someone else do it for you.
新闻用他人的思维代替思考。不看新闻就会发现,你以为是自己的想法,其实往往是别人的想法。你只是在重复别人的想法。真正的思考很难。让别人代劳要容易得多。
#长毛象读书笔记
**When all you consume is noise, you don’t realize there is a signal.** Your attention is valuable. In fact, your attention is so valuable it might be the most important thing you have. Most news expires in 24 hours. If you know your attention is valuable, why would you invest it consuming something that expires tomorrow?
当你接收到的都是噪音时,你就不会意识到有信号存在。你的注意力是宝贵的。事实上,你的注意力非常宝贵,它可能是你拥有的最重要的东西。大多数新闻都会在 24 小时内过期。如果你知道自己的注意力很宝贵,为什么还要把它投入到明天就过期的东西上呢?
#长毛象读书笔记
**When all you consume is noise, you don’t realize there is a signal.** Your attention is valuable. In fact, your attention is so valuable it might be the most important thing you have. Most news expires in 24 hours. If you know your attention is valuable, why would you invest it consuming something that expires tomorrow?
当你接收到的都是噪音时,你就不会意识到有信号存在。你的注意力是宝贵的。事实上,你的注意力非常宝贵,它可能是你拥有的最重要的东西。大多数新闻都会在 24 小时内过期。如果你知道自己的注意力很宝贵,为什么还要把它投入到明天就过期的东西上呢?
#长毛象读书笔记
If you must read the news, consider yourself a judge listening to an argument. As a judge, you know there are two sides to every argument, and if you are not seeing the other side, you can, at the very least, reserve judgment. Seek the facts and data irrefutably true on both sides of the argument.
如果你一定要看新闻,那就把自己当成一个聆听辩论的法官。作为一名法官,你知道每场争论都有两面性,如果你看不到另一面,你至少可以保留判断。寻求争论双方无可辩驳的事实和数据。