2025-03-31 22:41 • 120 words

Nassim Taleb makes a case against high-frequent news / media consumption in general.

People tend to infer that because some inventions have revolutionized our lives that inventions are good to endorse and we should favor the new over the old. I hold the opposite view. The opportunity cost of missing a "new new thing" like the airplane or the automobile is miniscule compared to the toxicity of all the garbage one has to go through to get these jewels. [..] [R]espect for the time-honored [..] implies a minimal exposure to the media as a guiding principle for someone involved in decision making under uncertainty.

I ought to remember it the next time I'm tempted to visit the orange website.