“I long ago realized that what we refer to as News is a cognitive and relational toxin, so I began to pay very close attention to its origins and… particularly… its actual purposes. This practice has proven medicinal for me, and I encourage you to… before you become entranced by the »content, examine the »purposes for which it was created, and who benefits (and how) when it is circulated. This practice will almost always prove enlightening, educational, and prophylactic… in that it will inure you to the toxicity while delivering actual insight and understanding about the bizarre forces that stand in the place of true society, education, information… as well as revealing our peculiar vulnerability to ‘substitution’ cons.”

— an intelligence agent