I do at least 2-3 hours a day and it's beginning to feel like a crack addiction.
I am also realizing I get mad at the news so much, but at the end of the day if I don't use this information for some sort of praxis, what is even the point of just regularly getting mad?
reality is more important than theory. gather information, make predictions about how events will unfold and see how you do. the better you are at predicting the future the better you will do in life.
check your sources, keep your skepticism gland healthy, but fucking pay attention
Theory isn’t something that exists in opposition to reality; it’s a framework for interpreting it.
Unless you’re a truly exceptional thinker who already understands history and systems deeply, reading fragments of information in the bourgeois press will not elevate you above a fragmented understanding of the world. Theory is a way of training yourself to know why and whether new information (“reality”) is important.
The things that get reported on as news were selected during the historical development of the press, and they’re not something that can be input as information to understand the world; otherwise MSNBC addicts would be able to outthink any of us.
Correct, but theory without a solid grounding in reality is less productive than the opposite. This thread seems to be a referendum about whether you should pay attention to the world around you.
If you can't pick your sources better than an MSNBC addict then I'm afraid they will be able to outthink you.