5 reasons why you should read history instead of the news

While flicking through news channels earlier today, I realized how disillusioned I've become with CNN, Fox News and the US mass media in general... There was barely any content - just speculation and opinion disguised as fact.

While these channels claim to break through clutter to provide accurate news, they are actually providing distortion or "noise" that limits the average viewers ability to apply critical thinking skills to comprehend what is actually going on.

According to Donald Latumahina, news is "among the most noisy kind of information you can possibly get."

Rather than rely on reading up on current events for knowledge, Laumahina writes we can learn more from history books than we can from current events.

He writes, "the single most important ingredient of effectiveness is clarity, and the only way to increase clarity is by minimizing noise. That actually is the reason why you should read history more than news: history has much less noise than news..."

His full article: "5 reasons why you should read history instead of the news" is here and a recommended read!

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