Your brain was never designed for this much bad news

The human brain evolved to detect local threats but is overwhelmed by today's constant global stream of negative news, leading to widespread news avoidance—69% of Canadians and 40% globally now occasionally or regularly avoid news due to feeling powerless and distressed. Rather than abandoning news consumption entirely, researchers recommend developing healthier habits around when and how we access information, as news fatigue represents a predictable mismatch between our evolutionary biology and the modern information environment.