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The illusion of control
Don't read the same arguments multiple times
How do you know when you’re imbibing comfort media? Repetition. It’s when the argument is one you’ve read before and are reading again to restore a sense of validation.
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Insight doesn't arrive in quantity
The repeat-intake of opinioneering stifles original thought even as you believe you are receiving more and more insight. (Hint: insight doesn’t arrive in quantity.) In actuality, bingeing on opinion-affirming media is an emotional and physical fix more than an intellectual one, even though the to...
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Challenge your mind
Actors and opera singers often do their worst work in the presence of absurdly friendly crowds, and their best in the presence of crowds which sit silent and unmoved.
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Reject "comfort media"
Set a goal to pull the plug on habitually reading opinion-adjacent news or political media.
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