Michael's post 243... +1
In particular the term "chaos"... and in that, the thought that "out of chaos, comes order."
Never in history have more parts of the world been exposed. Not that we're there yet, but on our way. As the bits and pieces unfold, cause and effect gradually begins, and in that graduation comes direction.
Yes, from politics... a direction shaped by elections and eventually laws, and then further by the interaction with other parts of the world. War, peace, agreements, trade, and people. not in our lifetime, but out of chaos, order.
And that's just the people/leaders part. Farther out, the world we were given, and what will become of it. In this short century... thus far in a little more than eighty years, we're beset with new situations, not even conceived just a century ago.
Sound like it's off topic?. News? Well, how else do we know? extinction of species? melting poles? global warming? population growth/survival? weather events, declining resources, water, fuel, education costs, and a hundred other parts of our world, that without exposure to those who can influence the outcome through action... could continue the chaos.
We see parts of this type of disengagement, when decisions are made for the personal interests of individuals, money or politics or both... ie. disregard of thousands of scientists to allow known pollution.
Just an opinion... but turning off the news, or attending to a single source can eventually mean ignorance of details. Unfortunately ignorance does not preclude voting.
Per the cited quote...
For me, the problem is not, therefore, to stay well informed but to track within the mass of pointlessly amplified news that which will help me to distinguish, over time, the true and the false, the best and the worst: this is an extremely difficult task.