system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is it possible to live an authentic life while deliberately ignoring the news?

I'm a news junkie but it (combined with people's reactions to news) makes me angry, anxious and depressed.  Is it bad to just stick your head in the sand and live your life blissfully unaware of everything that doesn't directly affect you?
gpt
Paying attention to 'news' and living authentically have nothing to do with one another, unless of course you are describing a person who is _intentionally going out of their way NOT to be informed_ about current events. If you simply aren't interested in news because it makes you upset and/or disrupts your otherwise productive life, then ignoring it is probably good advice.