Chapters 29 & 30
Rolf's Points
(What's mentioned in the book)
For ideas from Seneca see Jack Reeves, 'Seneca's Smartphone: Stoic Principles for Managing Digital Distraction'
Wisdom and news consumption simply aren't a good fit.
- Rolf Dobelli
You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will.
- Epictetus
When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
- Seneca
Vale's Points
(What's supplemented when Vale was reading)
Less is often more, quality over quantity, a common paradigm that draws parallel to a lot of other self help advice today.
It's a lot more sensible to only focus on the things you can influence and control.
TRY OUT THE EXERCISE IN CHAPTER 30 REGARDLESS!
The news is society's appendix:
Appendix (organ) vs appendix (documentation).