On: The Schizoid Difference

[fithisux]

"because it's not fair on them to cause them to start worrying like I do."

but apart from the chivalry

maybe cause them to start worrying is a movement of kindness and fairness after all. Unless you prefer them to live in utopia and you in reality.

[jm__87 → fithisux]

I mean, if you're focused on reading all the terrible things going on in the world all the time, you aren't actually living in reality. You're living in a reality created by journalists whose job is to get you to click on their articles - usually by reporting the most depressing or terrifying news with a strongly negative bias.

[eurasiantiger → jm__87]

And now you’re living in a utopian wonderland where governments do nothing wrong and there is no war, crime or corruption

[boole1854 → eurasiantiger]

The parent merely suggested not focusing on bad news "all the time" -- they did not recommend ignoring bad news altogether.