Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.

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[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

My brain was not designed for anything. It was not designed.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"The human mind has not adapted to this level of bad news"

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Yet

I'm going to stare into the abyss until it blinks first

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Sure it has, meet my brain's healthy levels of bitter sarcasm and bitter cynicism!

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like it kind of has.

Otherwise, people who are about 40+ years old would all be driven mad by now.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

bro I just turned 40 and... it doesn't seem far off

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's our secret, we just hide it well.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Umm. I am driven mad.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think I was wrong, the human mind adapts on the fly however it needs to. I should have kept it closer to the original: "The human brain has not adapted to this level of bad news." All of our minds have adapted, right, one way or another?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Your brain is one of the most artificial things in existence. How many years did you spend in formal education in one form or another? What is education other than a way of shaping a mind to a certain form?

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's the mind, not the brain. The way I see it, the opposite mistake that I made elsewhere in the thread.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you think the mind is other than a physical thing directly molded by the environment around it?

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I guess I consider the mind something that emerges from what the brain does. I'm sure it could be defined in other ways, though.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That and, you know, all the microplastics in there.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They make it run faster. What are computer chips made of? Duh.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

We must leave behind the fiction that a God created us. There is no God, we have no souls.