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Stop Reading The News

Rolf Dobelli · 146 pages · 2020

rated 5 out of 5read november 2024

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Paradoxically there is almost nothing new in the news.

News is always the same.

A scandal here, a bomb there, an actor here, a central bank chairman there, athletes breaking records, companies holding press conferences, industries growing, others shrinking, the stock market dancing up and down, some group of people somewhere are outraged, and the occasional plane falls from the sky…

It was an entertaining, insightful and important read.

Like all his other books, I loved the short chapter format, concise writing style and focus on factual thinking.

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