News addiction and constant interruptions are indeed very bad for focus.
A long time ago, like in the 90s, non professionnal traders on the stock market were the first to have this kind of problem. Depending on their trading style some cope by only reading the news during the week end.
For general news, there is a lot of content that follows this weekly pattern. But for folks that really want to focus on some project, maybe need to spend some months in the jungle or focus for weeks... Maybe it would be interesting to have monthly summaries, something that can help you catch up months in mere hours.
I personally would feel very unconfortable to completely unplug for many weeks without some way to catch up.
For news, get a news paper. You get your news once per day. Ignore the internet.
> completely unplug for many weeks without some way to catch up.
Things move very slowly. You'll fill in the missing bits when you start reading the news again after a hiatus. Have you never gone on holidays? Just try it. Ignore the news for two weeks, then start reading it again. Sure, you'll miss some things, but there's nothing that needs your attention that fast. Should WWIII break out, you'll find out through other means, but the odds are very, very small that that'll happen while you take a news break.
A long time ago, like in the 90s, non professionnal traders on the stock market were the first to have this kind of problem. Depending on their trading style some cope by only reading the news during the week end.
For general news, there is a lot of content that follows this weekly pattern. But for folks that really want to focus on some project, maybe need to spend some months in the jungle or focus for weeks... Maybe it would be interesting to have monthly summaries, something that can help you catch up months in mere hours.
I personally would feel very unconfortable to completely unplug for many weeks without some way to catch up.