Is wrong to only worry about your life and not the world at large?

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So I really just gotta focus on doing my job so I won't get fired and then outside of that I have a family to take care of. 
Basically the day to day part of my life has left me with little to no time to give thought to current events. I am basically going to refrain from reading about world news and basically anything that doesn't directly effect my life.
I feel bad. But my family needs me to do well so that we do okay. I just don't have the bandwidth that I did when younger and childless to devote to knowing whats going on overall.

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I think it’s wrong to genuinely not care. 
I don’t think it’s wrong to forgo news overload and turn off the tv/social media occasionally so you’re purposely unaware. Sometimes that is necessary for mental health. I’ve done it with Covid. I have no more desire to hear or read anything else about it.

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Ive done it for my mental health. I see nothing wrong with not keeping up with current events. Im sure anything big will get to you anyway by way of family/friends/etc.

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It’s a privilege to not have to worry about current events.

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Worrying about the world at large can take a blow to your mental health. Its overwhelming, terrifying, and depressing. 
If you need to focus on yourself to get by- then do it

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If you did not care, this question wouldn’t even occur to you.

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No. It’s how we were actually programmed. Our brains haven’t developed past the “me and mine” tribe mentality. It makes sense when you stop and realize that none of this was really supposed to happen. We have heaps and heaps of humans on the planet, and crazy amazing technology, but our brains aren’t developed to process a lot of these things. Yes, we can make huge effort to think of others outside ourself and what directly affects us, but I don’t think it makes people bad when they don’t. When we watch the news, it’s very difficult to process and realize that it’s not a direct threat to us, so it’s very disturbing, causing unnecessary panic. I prefer not consuming news for this reason, and I think that it’s been incredibly helpful for my mental health.

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I don’t spend a lot of time to news. All it says is that we’re evil and killing ourselves as humans. And really, I know that’s true we all do. 
So ultimately it’s just a race to see which countries blow up first. I used to care more about the environment and war and i still do, but I’ve come to realize that this is how all human civilization has ended and it’s how ours will end. (People fighting over things instead of collaborating to make the world a better place.) So I don’t read the details (news stories) much anymore, just skim headlines for the most part.

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I think there is a privilege in simply “I don’t have time to concern myself with current events” because it does not disrupt your life.
The rest of us folks simply cannot say the same because it’s our everyday life. 
It would be nice to close ourselves off at every turn but let’s be real here.

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I don’t like the idea of moralizing it to right and wrong. 
I have difficulty understanding this mindset though. It’s one thing to be hyper focused on the news, and let it start to effect well-being. It’s another to just not care at all. 
National and international politics and happenings effect our lives in very real day to day ways. Without a general understanding of the world around you, I’m not sure how it’s possible to make life decisions, including but not limited to deciding on what candidates to represent you.

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I kinda wish I had that ability to switch off, it’s depressing.  Ignorance would be bliss

Is wrong to only worry about your life and not the world at large?

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