<story><title>Tell HN: Aaron Swartz&apos;s website is offline</title><text>Growing up Aaron Swartz&amp;#x27;s blog post series Raw Nerve was one of the most influential readings for me, the website that hosted them is now down:
http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;rawnerve&lt;p&gt;Here is the archived version of it: http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.is&amp;#x2F;8uu5x or http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;8uu5x</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>the_clarence</author><text>What is a good source of information? By that I mean:&lt;p&gt;- not about daily information (which are usually as fast as possible and don’t take the time to really understand the situation)&lt;p&gt;- not biased&lt;p&gt;- not about juicy news, but world topics that are ~objectively important&lt;p&gt;I feel like there should be a subreddit for that.</text></item><item><author>soneca</author><text>His post &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;I hate the news&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;(0) was(is) very influential for me personally.&lt;p&gt;It was seminal in what become a rather significant change in my habits and view of  the world. I am now very conscious that news are entertainment, purely and simply. With the goods and bads of any other entertainment form.&lt;p&gt;From time to time, while explaining my position to others (often seen as kind of radical), I refer this post. I hope it continues to be available.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;hatethenews&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;hatethenews&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>0xferruccio</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s my secret stash:&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quantamagazine.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quantamagazine.org&lt;/a&gt; - science-y&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thebrowser.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thebrowser.com&lt;/a&gt; - sometimes too intellectual or focused on literature&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;waitbutwhy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;waitbutwhy.com&lt;/a&gt; - sometimes too simple&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.project-syndicate.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.project-syndicate.org&lt;/a&gt; - sometimes written by people that are &amp;quot;talkers&amp;#x2F;politicians&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;doers&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gwern.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gwern.net&lt;/a&gt; - The monthly newsletter is great&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chinai.substack.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chinai.substack.com&lt;/a&gt; - Chinese Papers and AI news translated&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ribbonfarm.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ribbonfarm.com&lt;/a&gt; - great long form essays&lt;p&gt;I also got asked a couple of times about starting my own monthly mailing list with the most interesting things I find.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;d be interested in receiving it email me at hi[at]ferrucc[dot]io</text></comment>
<story><title>Tell HN: Aaron Swartz&apos;s website is offline</title><text>Growing up Aaron Swartz&amp;#x27;s blog post series Raw Nerve was one of the most influential readings for me, the website that hosted them is now down:
http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;rawnerve&lt;p&gt;Here is the archived version of it: http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.is&amp;#x2F;8uu5x or http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;8uu5x</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>the_clarence</author><text>What is a good source of information? By that I mean:&lt;p&gt;- not about daily information (which are usually as fast as possible and don’t take the time to really understand the situation)&lt;p&gt;- not biased&lt;p&gt;- not about juicy news, but world topics that are ~objectively important&lt;p&gt;I feel like there should be a subreddit for that.</text></item><item><author>soneca</author><text>His post &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;I hate the news&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;(0) was(is) very influential for me personally.&lt;p&gt;It was seminal in what become a rather significant change in my habits and view of  the world. I am now very conscious that news are entertainment, purely and simply. With the goods and bads of any other entertainment form.&lt;p&gt;From time to time, while explaining my position to others (often seen as kind of radical), I refer this post. I hope it continues to be available.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;hatethenews&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aaronsw.com&amp;#x2F;weblog&amp;#x2F;hatethenews&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwawaymath</author><text>I can tell you what I do:&lt;p&gt;1. I don&amp;#x27;t consume any news from televised sources,&lt;p&gt;2. I read &lt;i&gt;Foreign Policy&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Economist&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Foreign Affairs&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;p&gt;3. I&amp;#x27;m generally skeptical of everything I read and I try to assume every article&amp;#x27;s author has many unknown unknowns in their reporting (to counter Gelman Amnesia),&lt;p&gt;4. Every so often (once a week or so), I read something from a news source I actively distrust just to see what else a nontrivial portion of the population believes about the world.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t perfect, but if you have the free time to do that much reading I think it gets you pretty close to well-rounded. I think the only major way to improve upon this would be to add another major news source from another country for additional foreign perspective (this is why I like &lt;i&gt;The Economist&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Financial Times&lt;/i&gt;).</text></comment>