Mental sanity

Maybe go on a news diet??

“I should be aware of what’s going on in the world.” Really? Why, exactly?

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These days I’m on a quest for mental tranquillity, what the ancient Greco-Romans called “ataraxia,” or lack of disturbance. Unlike the Epicureans, I don’t take ataraxia to be my chief goal in life — that one remains to be the best human being I can…