“One simple way to improve our minds and lives is to retrieve our attention from the constant advertising of tragedy and outrage that comprises the news. I recommend total abstinence from the emotional sewage that is thereby created, transmitted and, strangely, celebrated. Alternately, if one intends to expose oneself to this, establish a healthy buffer that filters and defends your mind and relationships from the insidious primary and side effects of news.”

— an anonymous informant