“Trust Me, I’m Lying” by Ryan Holiday

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Blogs replaced the old wire services
Content filters up as much as it filters down
Traffic is money
Anger generates traffic but sadness depresses it
The original newspapers were editorial papers for [political] parties
Package sales (whole papers or albums) let you sell innovative but sub-par things
RSS were killed because they allow bypassing click-bait
“Generally held ideas are idiocy because they have been able to appeal to everyone”
It is really difficult to interpret silence
Mentally, we put more emphasis on words read than words heard
Outlandish claims are harder for us to dismiss because we fixate on comprehending the oddness of the claim
Greek tragedies remind us how quickly tragedy can turn to befall is
TV was all about amusement where blogs are about clicks
You cannot have the news for free. You can only obscure the cost

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