{"id":220523,"date":"2020-04-02T08:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=220523"},"modified":"2020-04-02T08:57:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:57:23","slug":"fear-feeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/02\/fear-feeds\/","title":{"rendered":"FEAR FEEDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/17\/why-i-dont-follow-the-news\/\">news<\/a>? It is like the human centipede of shit and fear. You keep consuming more fear, and you feel more fearful. You become more timid, scared, and paralyzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/Fear-Feeds-ec9spp\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1452583-FEAR-FEEDS-720.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/xJktryQT?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your personal interests and the interests of the news and media isn&#8217;t aligned.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FEAR FEEDS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cwJ0MCpSdWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider&#8211; social media and these corporations are &#8216;fear merchants&#8217;. They aren&#8217;t incentivized to give you truthful information or news. Their ultimate goal is to maximize profits&#8211; via advertising. Their only incentive in making things &#8216;truthful&#8217; is only insofar-much as people stop using their platform, which will result in less money earned and fewer profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Is it in the best interests of the news to give me the most personally-relevant, accurate, and useful information?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always be skeptical<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/25\/fear-porn\/\">FEAR PORN ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why avoid news? 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