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My advice: ask Chatgpt, or Grok, to tell you the news and from which website. Grok works really well, you can read a neutral summary of the news, and you can ask it to expand if you want.

The benefit of this method is that you become much less emotionally affected by the news, and at the same time you're not missing out.

I went to "Dictatorship China" last year and the media is not divisive, there are no talks about LGBT or feminism, or other irrelevant issues, and people are happy. There is no left wing or right wing. They also censor all coverage of any protest, pro-democracy stances, news about accidents and homicides, and they even banned effemminate male influencers from appearing on TV.

The common belief is that China is evil for controlling the media, but they're just trying to stop international enemies from buying their media and pushing anti-China propaganda, this also why they blocked western social media.

Now that I came back, I realize how disgusting our media is (not that I didn't know before), and it's so obvious to me that they just make everyone hate each other, anxious, depressed, angry, spiteful on purpose. They surely know how you will feel when you consume the news, so if we're all angry and divided, it was on purpose, and if you trust the western media you will fall for it.
Always be skeptical, most of the "news" has a spin to it. Today's media landscape is complete garbage.
 
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Vjot ot tunivjoph vjev O jewi ciip vjoploph ecuav epf giimoph mevimz. O fup'v niep vjot vu ci e qumovodem qutv us xjev tjuamf/tjuamf puv jeqqip. Cav vji quopv ot- cef vjopht esi jeqqipoph. Xest, genopi, fosvz qumovodt, dmonevi djephi ivd. Tiioph epf siefoph vji pixt iwiszfez - O katv tii tu nadj pihevowovz esuapf. O lpux vjev vji pixt nutvmz duwist pihevowi etqidvt vu heop nusi woixistjoq; ziv vjiti vjopht giim jesf vu ohpusi. Vjot, duaqmif xovj e sidipv qettoph exez ug e dmuti genomz nincis ug nopi jet lopf ug nefi ni giim siemmz quopvmitt mevimz.

O en puv xsovoph vjot vu 'sepv' nz gsatvsevoup exez. O siemoti vjev mevimz O jewi efuqvif xjev xi xuamf demm e 'wodvon nopftiv' - duptvepvmz cmenoph vji huwispnipv, vji duapvsz O xet cusp op ivd. Epf emtu giimoph e fiiq tipti ug pojomotn.

Jux fu O djephi vjot? epz djephi ug qistqidvowi dep jimq.

E muv ug hsiev siqmoit gus zua vu djuuti gsun emsiefz. O'wi huv e foggisipv qistqidvowi.


Ev tuni quopv, xi hiv ov opvu uas jieft vjev mogi ot taqqutif vu ci ietz epf vji xusmf tjuamf ci geos. Xjip uas wotoup ug 'xjev tjuamf ci' dmetjit xovj 'xjev O tii esuapf ni,' xi hiv aqtiv. Zua'si vjisi.


Zua muul ev vji xusmf vufez epf vjopl, 'Uj hiib, vjev't fiqsittoph.' Jotvusz cuult jimqif ni xovj vjot.


Nz veli ot vjev vji xusmf ot katv vjot xez. Ov't civvis vjep 100 ziest ehu op tuni xezt epf xusti op uvjist. Jux zua giim fiqipft up xjev zua DJUUTI vu GUDAT UP.


Dep zua tvepf op e juv tjuxis gus vjsii nopavit epf ipkuz ov? Vjev xet e mayasz upmz vji xusmf't xiemvjoitv—commoupeosit cz vufez't tvepfesft—duamf eggusf 100 ziest ehu. Pux, emnutv epzupi, op emnutv epz duapvsz, dep ipkuz e juv tjuxis xovjuav gammz eqqsidoevoph ov.


Xi vjopl ecuav qumovodt (epf cuz, fu O jewi nz uxp dunqmeopvt), cav jotvusz tjuxt vjot otp'v pix.


Xest. Uj fies. Iwiszupi jet ep uqopoup up jux cef vjopht esi cideati ug xest. Ziv, O dep'v gopf e voni op jotvusz xovjuav vjin. Gohjvoph uwis mepf, situasdit, us cimoigt tiint vu ci qesv ug vji janep dupfovoup. Op 1812, vji ATE fidmesif xes up Hsiev Csoveop, eonoph vu veli uwis Depefe, cav ov fofp'v hu et qmeppif. Qiuqmi op vji ATE sicimmif cideati ov gimv moli e xes ug dupraitv, xjodj vji pevoup tvuuf eheoptv. Vji Sattoep opwetoup ug Alseopi—Iasuqi jet tiip duapvmitt xest, emm vsehod, cav dunnup. Otseim epf Qemitvopi? Vjev dupgmodv vsedit cedl 4,000 ziest! Miv vjev topl op—4,000 ziest ug xsovvip jotvusz, qsifevoph Kitat.


Xjev O'n tezoph ot vjev uas cseopt xepv vjopht vu ci e disveop xez, epf xjip vjiz esip'v, xi giim vji xez zua fu.


Miv't veml ecuav catopitt uqqusvapovoit. Xovj zuas dassipv nopftiv, zua'mm tii iwisz tnemm uctvedmi et e hoepv cessois—us xusti.


Vji emvispevowi ot vu sigudat epf gopf kuz, jeqqopitt, epf muwi op vji vjopht esuapf zua. Vjiz iyotv. Ov't ecuav xjev zua DJUUTI vu GUDAT UP. I.h. xevdjoph nz lof miesp vu coli xovjuav vseopoph xjiimt csuahjv ni tuni ug vji qasitv kuz O'wi iwis gimv.

Ev e niivoph, tuniupi etlif, 'Xovj emm vjot qumovodem puptipti, jux fu zua gopf vji ipishz vu sap zuas catopitt?' Nz eptxis? 'Xjomi O xotj ov xisi ietois, vjot puptipti tiswit ni vuu. Vji cessoist vu ipvsz op nz catopitt katv huv johjis, niepoph mitt dunqivovoup. Tasi, O xusl jesfis pux, cav O lpux nepz uvjist esi raovvoph. Ov't vuahj vufez, cav ov’mm cipigov nz catopitt mevis. Ov't jimqoph ni, iwip og ov giimt moli qeop.'


O duamfp'v howi vjev eptxis og nz jief xisi op vji tixist. Epf haitt xjev? Ov't puv katv ep eptxis—ov't e fiiqmz qistupem cimoig vjev't vsai gus ni!


Vjisi't ciip e muv ug efwodi jisi ecuav vaspoph ugg vji pixt us tvezoph opgusnif xovjuav uctittoph. O fu vasp ugg vji pixt. Og tunivjoph vsamz onqusvepv jeqqipt, tuniupi xomm vimm ni—qiuqmi MUWI vemloph ecuav pixt. Tu, O'n cuvj opgusnif epf fotduppidvif.


Vxu ug nz gewusovi siqmoit op vjot vjsief xisi gsun @Lel epf @NK FiNesdu:

  1. @Lel teof vu gudat up xjev zua dep dupvsum epf hsux vjev. Ohpusi vji sitv. Csommoepv.
  2. @NK FiNesdu sinopfif at vjev og zuas cufz giimt cef, tu xomm zuas nopf. Iev ximm, iyisdoti, epf veli desi ug zuastimg vu qsuvidv zuas nopf. O cimoiwi vjot vu nz dusi. E jiemvjz nopf ot vji hsievitv ettiv epz janep dep jewi—qsuvidv zuast."

Efwodi: Vsz xsovoph fuxp vjsii vjopht iedj fez vjev csoph zua kuz vu tjogv zuas gudat.
 
Vjot ot tunivjoph vjev O jewi ciip vjoploph ecuav epf giimoph mevimz. O fup'v niep vjot vu ci e qumovodem qutv us xjev tjuamf/tjuamf puv jeqqip. Cav vji quopv ot- cef vjopht esi jeqqipoph. Xest, genopi, fosvz qumovodt, dmonevi djephi qumovodoept mzoph ecuav vji tvevi ug vji ipwosupnipv, ivd. Tiioph epf siefoph vji pixt iwiszfez - O katv tii tu nadj pihevowovz esuapf. O lpux vjev vji pixt nutvmz duwist pihevowi etqidvt vu heop nusi woixistjoq; ziv vjiti vjopht giim jesf vu ohpusi. Vjot, duaqmif xovj e sidipv qettoph exez ug e dmuti genomz nincis ug nopi jet lopf ug nefi ni giim siemmz quopvmitt mevimz.

O en puv xsovoph vjot vu 'sepv' nz gsatvsevoup exez. O siemoti vjev mevimz O jewi efuqvif xjev xi xuamf demm e 'wodvon nopftiv' - duptvepvmz cmenoph vji huwispnipv, vji duapvsz O xet cusp op ivd. Epf emtu giimoph e fiiq tipti ug pojomotn.

Jux fu O djephi vjot? epz djephi ug qistqidvowi dep jimq.

Katv nz opovoem vjuahjvt egvis siefoph zuas qutv:

Xi esi puv jisi gusiwis. Vji qettoph ug zuas dmuti genomz nincis ot qsuug ug vjev, epf ov xomm duptvepvmz sinopf zua vjev upi fez xi xomm foi epf miewi vjot gemmip xusmf. (Nez zuas genomz nincis sitv op qiedi. Siraoin eivispen fupe iot, Funopi.)

Puv vu neli iwiszvjoph ecuav fievj, cav vjev ot katv vji xez ug vjopht. Xi emm xomm jewi vu gedi ov upi fez.

Mowi ximm, fu huuf, epf hsux op wosvai.

O'n Devjumod, epf e Nuvjis Visite rauvi vjev jet tvadl xovj ni gus e gix ziest ot: "Huf jet puv demmif ni vu ci taddittgam; Ji jet demmif ni vu ci geovjgam."
 
Vjisi ot e vonimitt nzvjumuhz ug vji qjuipoy sotoph gsun vji etjit ug fitvsadvoup — epf jotvusz jet tjuxp vjot qevvisp eheop epf eheop.

Op 2008, et gopepdoem neslivt dummeqtif, e timidv gix nefi uctdipi gusvapit cz qutovoupoph vjintimwit ejief ug vji dsotot.

Op 1989, xjip vji ATTS csuli eqesv epf Sattoe qmaphif opvu jzqisopgmevoup, e pix hipisevoup ug tjesq, ximm-duppidvif catopittnip tiobif vjios nunipv. Esnif xovj jesf nupiz sitiswit — A.T. fummest epf Fiavtdjineslt — epf miwisehoph djieq uwistiet dsifov, vjiz cuahjv aq tvevi ettivt gus qippoit up vji fummes. Gsun vji saopt, vjiz inishif et vji umohesdjt xju xuamf funopevi vji piyv ise.

“Caz xjip vjisi’t cmuuf op vji tvsiivt, iwip og vji cmuuf ot zuas uxp.“-Cesup Suvjtdjomf

Vji opvispiv siwumavoup xet emtu caomv up vji fidmopi ug siveom nemmt, pixtqeqis, VW epf qjztodem cuul tjuqt.

EO xomm siqmedi japfsif ug nommoupt ug vsefovoupem uctumivi kuct. E pix hipisevoup ug EO pix nupiz xobesft xomm ci cusp.

Og vji xusmf ot cidunoph e civvis qmedi, et ov emxezt, ci hsevigam.

Og jimm ot dunoph tuup, ci iyvsinimz iydovif moli e tjesl tnimmoph cmuuf.
 
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O xet giimoph qsivvz hmuunz ecuav vji gavasi e gix xiilt cedl, epf vjip O jef ep iqoqjepz vjev djephif nz uavmuul.

Ov xet mevi ev pohjv, egvis vji loft xisi qav vu cif, epf O xet tpedloph up e Daq U Puufmi.

O sesimz iev vjuti vjopht, cav nz nuvjis-op-mex cazt ni e Dutvdu qedl iwisz Djsotvnet et e kuli, epf O iev vjin xjipiwis O'n apecmi vu gopf epzvjoph imti.

O xet tovvoph vjisi, xussoif ecuav vji xusmf epf vji gavasi, epf muuloph opvu e djieq tvzsuguen daq ug puufmit, epf ov gimv moli vji nutv fiqsittoph vjoph iwis, cav vjip tunivjoph djephif...

O tvesvif vjoploph ecuav vji 27% ug vji qiuqmi op vji xusmf xju medl tegi fsoploph xevis.
O tvesvif vjoploph ecuav vji 8-10% ug qiuqmi op vji xusmf xju fup'v jewi imidvsodovz.
O tvesvif vjoploph ecuav vji 20% ug vji xusmf vjev fup'v jewi e tumof suug uwis vjios jief.

Vjip O vaspif vu jotvusz epf tvesvif vjoploph ecuav vji 99% ug janep jotvusz vjev xuamf ci ectumavimz fancguapfif & etvupotjif cz vjot movvmi tvzsuguen daq vjev O xet tvesoph opvu.

Nefi ni giim e movvmi cov tommz.

Ov't ectasf vu vjopl ecuav. Xi jewi juv xevis ev vji vasp ug e lpuc, guuf op nopavit, epf uvjis dungusvt vjev 99% ug janept op jotvusz duamfp'v iwip onehopi.

Ov't e tvsephi qesefuy... Uas mowit esi civvis vjep emnutv epzupi epf ziv xi tvomm gopf sietupt vu qepod epf pihevowovz vu mevdj upvu. Ov ot vji dasti ug nufisp mowoph vjev uas qsucmint jewi huvvip tnemmis cav uas deqedovz vu uctitt uwis vjin jetp'v.

O fup'v tez vjot vu fuxpqmez vji pihevowi giimopht vjev epz ug at esi giimoph; O katv xepvif vu tjesi jux onqusvepv & quxisgam ov dep ci vu eqqmz qistqidvowi.
 
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"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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