Surely you read your own material? :-D

Please Stop Watching the News, It’s Doing More Harm than you Think

I mostly agree with this. I think people should watch considerably less news, at restricted times, because it is hard on their mental health, but an ignorant populace is ripe pickings for any demagogue, cult, or wild rumor that happens to emerge, as we have just seen.

You don’t need to know “what’s going on out there”

I disagree with this. The reason I'm writing this from Amsterdam and not New York City, where I spent 30 years until 2016, is because I was aware of what was going on out there and decided to act.

But if you do [important news] will come to you through osmosis [and your neighbor, Bob].

I strongly disagree with this. You'll get rumors and distortions; you'll hear a lot about the Kardashians and nothing about economics.