Stop Reading the News

Résumé : A vital toolkit for managing the 24-hour news cycle. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated one of the most worrying trends of modern life : the detrimental effects of an omnipresent and often overwhelming news cycle on our well-being. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli, author of the bestselling The Art of Thinking Clearly, stood in front of a roomful of journalists and proclaimed that he did not, in fact, read the news. Now he sets out his philosophy in detail. In this timely manifesto Dobelli shows the damage the news does to our concentration, mental health and happiness, and offers the reader the necessary guidance on how to live without news, and the many gains to be had : less disruption, more time, less anxiety, more insights. In a world of increasing disruption and division, Stop Reading the News is a welcome voice of calm and wisdom.