Just saying goodbye, and thanks! My multiple substack cancellations today are not about the quality of the journalism, or even the comments.
I've followed the news somewhat obsessively (especially the commenting-back) since retirement, because it was a substitute for the reading and commenting of my office job. That job was very technocra…
Just saying goodbye, and thanks! My multiple substack cancellations today are not about the quality of the journalism, or even the comments.
I've followed the news somewhat obsessively (especially the commenting-back) since retirement, because it was a substitute for the reading and commenting of my office job. That job was very technocratic, an engineer calculating the best places to spend public money. It was all about Science and Reason and provable results.
The BC and USA elections, and what seems to be issues for the our upcoming federal, are all about personalities and vibes, and little of the news is about policy and hard facts that I used to work with.
So, I'm cutting my news diet for my mental health, with particular attention to any place that supports my "comment addiction". Substack has become quite the social media lately, the "Notes" dragging me in. I have to disengage. The kinds of political stories that are popular, and above all the commenting about them, are causing anxiety and depression.
So I'm just checking out of substacks, at least for a while while my head gets straight again. Hope to support more good journalism at some future point.
Sorry to see you go (even temporarily) but happy you were here, and contributed as often as you did. I entirely understand the need to disengage from things that feel immovable. I am really feeling the weight of the fact that policy no longer matters and hard facts are a nuisance more than an asset.
I really genuinely appreciate you subscribing and contributing, and hope to see you back here — and I hope that the vibes will be better than.
Just saying goodbye, and thanks! My multiple substack cancellations today are not about the quality of the journalism, or even the comments.
I've followed the news somewhat obsessively (especially the commenting-back) since retirement, because it was a substitute for the reading and commenting of my office job. That job was very technocratic, an engineer calculating the best places to spend public money. It was all about Science and Reason and provable results.
The BC and USA elections, and what seems to be issues for the our upcoming federal, are all about personalities and vibes, and little of the news is about policy and hard facts that I used to work with.
So, I'm cutting my news diet for my mental health, with particular attention to any place that supports my "comment addiction". Substack has become quite the social media lately, the "Notes" dragging me in. I have to disengage. The kinds of political stories that are popular, and above all the commenting about them, are causing anxiety and depression.
So I'm just checking out of substacks, at least for a while while my head gets straight again. Hope to support more good journalism at some future point.
Hey Roy,
Sorry to see you go (even temporarily) but happy you were here, and contributed as often as you did. I entirely understand the need to disengage from things that feel immovable. I am really feeling the weight of the fact that policy no longer matters and hard facts are a nuisance more than an asset.
I really genuinely appreciate you subscribing and contributing, and hope to see you back here — and I hope that the vibes will be better than.