Is the News Driving Us Crazy?

Zócalo Public Square

English - March 06, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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We’re obsessed with the news. Most of us check the headlines on our mobile devices up to eight times a day. But at a Zócalo/Getty Center event, philosopher Alain de Botton, author of The News: A User’s Manual, asks us to consider why: "What on earth are we looking for?"