No News Is Good

This summer, I pulled the plug from my tech and web news preoccupation, I quit following most podcasts, and I abandoned my feed reader. It's quite a change for the better, like quitting social media. Usually such changes are part of a digital detox that lasts only a few weeks, but this looks like my new norm from now on. As a tech geek, I tend to pursue industry news and podcasts regarding Big Tech hardware and software, especially Apple's. For example, I watched WWDC26 like usual earlier this summer. But after that, I cut off all related media.1 Next, I plan to avoid the upcoming annual iPhone event in early September. I did this once before in 2022. Apple’s job is to market its tech and make me want to buy it. And Apple is very good at its job. I don’t want to let myself fall prey to the new, shiny, and expensive (now more expensive than ever) gadgets and related news. My overall tech news preoccupation stuck out to me as a somewhat unhealthy obsession or distraction. I consumed so…