Rolf Dobelli on news consumption

News is for the mind what sugar is for the body. News is appetizing, easily digestible and at the same time extremely harmful. The media feed us small snippets of trivial stories, treats that in no way satisfy our hunger for knowledge. Unlike books and long, well-researched, long articles, there is no saturation when it comes to news consumption. We can devour unlimited amounts of messages; they remain cheap sugar candies. As with sugar, the side effects only become apparent with a delay.

That's why I haven't read a newspaper, consumed online news, watched a TV or listened to the radio for almost ten years.

~ Rolf Dobelli, "News lunch," Dobelli.com, March 2019