Your brain was never designed for this much bad news
Points and comments are a snapshot, not live.
News fatigue is a predictable response of brains not evolved for global threat scanning.
The human brain evolved a negativity bias to prioritize nearby threats. Today, news exposes it to distant wars, disasters, and crimes constantly. A 2025 Reuters Institute report found 40% of people globally sometimes or often avoid news. A Nature Human Behaviour study showed negative words increase click-through rates. Researchers define Problematic News Consumption (PNC), with 17% of U.S. adults having severe levels in a 2022 study. Solutions include contained news windows, depth over volume, distinguishing information from action, and avoiding rage bait.
What commenters are saying
Several commenters agree focusing on local, actionable issues is more effective than worrying about distant problems. One recommends ranking news by geographic distance and "blast radius." A second camp argues people should still act on larger causes via donations and voting. Others question whether laypeople can know the truth from biased media, and critique single-issue voting that spills into irrelevant local elections.