That sounds very similar to Ezra Pound's "Literature is news that stays news."
I prefer Phil Graham's "News is the first draft of History":
> So let us today drudge on about our inescapably impossible task of providing every week a first rough draft of history that will never really be completed about a world we can never really understand
I only realized in the past year or so that much news isn’t that helpful to consume. And this from somebody who gets most news from a print Economist weekly. On reflection, many stories go like “here are some things that happened, it’s about the same thing that’s been happening in this story for five months, it’s not yet clear how important recent developments are”.
Unfortunately, many conflicts fall under this umbrella.
Maybe there is some value to repeatedly pushing these things to the front of my consciousness —- rather than, say, checking in every few months —- but I can’t see what it is.
You phrased it like you're clarifying something, but parent is saying the opposite of what you are: if a news article will stay interesting, it's history, even if it's been published today.
That sounds very similar to Ezra Pound's "Literature is news that stays news."
I prefer Phil Graham's "News is the first draft of History":
> So let us today drudge on about our inescapably impossible task of providing every week a first rough draft of history that will never really be completed about a world we can never really understand
I only realized in the past year or so that much news isn’t that helpful to consume. And this from somebody who gets most news from a print Economist weekly. On reflection, many stories go like “here are some things that happened, it’s about the same thing that’s been happening in this story for five months, it’s not yet clear how important recent developments are”.
Unfortunately, many conflicts fall under this umbrella.
Maybe there is some value to repeatedly pushing these things to the front of my consciousness —- rather than, say, checking in every few months —- but I can’t see what it is.
History is news with a lag of ~20-30 years. So not that useful to learn about current events.
You phrased it like you're clarifying something, but parent is saying the opposite of what you are: if a news article will stay interesting, it's history, even if it's been published today.