Today's news
Today a commercial airplane crashed and killed 180 people.
Every day the equivalent of 73 fully-loaded commercial airplanes worth of children (0-5 years) die from easily preventable diseases.
Today a lottery winner made headlines.
Every day thousands of babies win the lottery of being born in the right place at the right time (like me, and probably you).
Today a heat wave caused 20 deaths and broke temperature records.
Every day an estimated 22,000 people die from air pollution worldwide.
This pattern repeats endlessly.
Today's news seems to matter the most. Framed, highlighted, on fire.
But they are like whipped cream. Clearly made of something, but often full of nothing.
What happens every day matters much more. But it doesn't make the news. It's obvious. Yet invisible.
So today we have a choice:
- Keep trusting this hallucinating news cycle, or
- Discover what really matters - like here
Or perhaps even better: Work on our news navigation skills.