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Recession news gets a lot more press (and money) than good news. We have this biological instinct to protect the places where we pee regularly. So if there’s going to be news that’s going to upset these sacred peeing grounds then that news drives ratings. I make it a habit to avoid all news.

My Last Death Threat in 2011 Altucher Confidential

Words to live by. Except instead of avoiding all news I just ignore the more hysterical bits (ie most of it.) I find it helps to know what the mobs are thinking about…