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should tech people read the news?

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A lot of people, especially in the tech industry, think reading the news is a waste of time. It pulls time away from shipping product or reading OpenAI's latest blog post. Even the meditation I listen to warns me not to read the paper, beause of how emotionally draining it can be. They're all right, to some degree. But how else are you to know about humanities biggest issues, without listening to the people reporting on it? It seems impossible to find PMF for a problem you made up. On the other hand, there are millions of problems in our world to fix: climate change, lack of humanitarian aid, surveillance, renewable energy, corruption, inequitable transportation, poverty, and chronic disease (just to name a few). ^3 These are huge problems to take on, and some of them might need cultural and political movements to truly fix. However, as Dwarkesh Patel says, Considering the rate of progess in technology, I predict many niche problems in the world actually could be solved with 2-3 years

should tech people read the news? alternate title: work on what matters A lot of people, especially in the tech industry, think reading the news is a waste of time. It pulls time away from shipping product or reading OpenAI's latest blog post. Even the meditation I listen to warns me not to read the paper, beause of how emotionally draining it can be. They're all right, to some degree. But how else are you to know about humanities biggest issues, without listening to the people reporting on it? It seems impossible to find PMF for a problem you made up. On the other hand, there are millions of

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