📅 Thought for today:
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‘Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.’
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— Bill Gates
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When did you last read an uplifting headline on a website or newspaper?
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Personally, I can’t remember one this year so far.
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The newspaper has War Crimes as its headline and the BBC news website has a tax increase, followed by war, the story of a young man seeing his father shot in front of him.
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I read on, headlines only… and three levels down I find Ed Sheeran winning a copyright case, which I am not sure is bad news (but presumably was for the claimant) and finally something that feels positive – identical triplets.
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Neuroscience has taught us that the things we use our brain for most often become our norm. We effectively strengthen our mental ability in that regard.
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If all we read is bad news, our worldview becomes negative.
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I am not the first to call for more positive input to young minds, and I am not naïve enough to pretend that bad news, and attendant headlines, are what attract attention.
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We are all rubber-neckers to the world’s car crashes.
