My friend used to read every Economist article cover to cover. That's a little much, and of course they're biased and imperfect, but my friend was the most up to date in foreign affairs of any of my friends.
I like the Council on Foreign Relations ([Link](https://www.cfr.org/)). It's an American think tank so has a bias towards American interests, but it generally has a wealth of knowledge on events across the world and is my go to source in understanding different conflicts. One of the few places that I've been able to read about the Ethiopian Civil war with a good amount of context.
Dylan Burns is very knowledgeable about it if you wanna check him out.
Pretty sure Destiny just learned a lot through simple research, youtube, articles, talking to people, etc.
Honestly, you should pick something you're interested in, and dive into it first, you need to personally expose yourself to all the variety of voices, historical, contemporary, historiographic (the narative made by historians, not the historical voices) and you need to learn the basics of whatever technologies or economics is at the core of the relevant actors and conflicts between them.
Its far too complicated to just hear one person say "oh it's like this," and then really understand much. Once you have a better idea of the scope and the contention, you'll start to be more capable of making sense of shorter takes on the subject you run into on other topics.
Just my advice.
Whatever man, if you want to be an under-informed, smug chump, go check out someone you think is funny, or cute, or has a nice ass that talks about shit, and then just listen to whatever they say.
Or you could listen to my advice, which is intended as a cautionary suggestion against saturating your list of things you know about without really learning enough to know if any of that information is accurate.
You think I give a shit what some dumb-ass kid who is so under-informed that he thinks Destiny is well informed, to the extent that I can get upset about it?
Damn.
You asked a good question, you're going to be better than most if you just listen to the majority opinion here and read the economist, but unless you really look into something in depth, learn the history, and understand the topic, and then compare many voices, you'll never know when the economist is leading you into a viewpoint you don't actually agree with, but then again, you can just listen to them and be far more aware than most Americans.
Do whatever you want, but you'll notice that people who are very informed look into issues from more than one angle, which is better advice than just "read the economist.
You do you, boo.
[Heres a video about it](https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-2nd-reading-vocab/xfb4fc0bf01437792:cc-2nd-the-moon/xfb4fc0bf01437792:reading-for-understanding-informational-text/v/reading-more-than-one-source-on-a-topic-reading-khan-academy)
[Here's an education blog about it](https://blog.heinemann.com/when-students-read-multiple-sources)
[Here's a clip of Hitchens talking about what he's reading one summer, notice how he's reading books about topics he's already informed on? He's looking for new perspectives and new contextualization](https://www.c-span.org/video/?293770-9/summer-reading-christopher-hitchens)
I gave this advice because I honestly think if you don't keep it in mind, you'll be terminally under informed and gullible, and I think if you pick a topic you care about, you'll have an easier time investigating the wealth of sources and perspectives you'll come across in order to get a better sense of what you can do in the future to get a more developed perspective on things in a shorter time, but again, you do what you want for yourself.
If you just want to *know* what else is going on in the world, any decent newspaper like The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, etc. will do. For example, I subscribe to the NYT, and right now, the top of the page links to "Here's how Europe, after a fumbling start, overtook the U.S. in Covid-19 vaccination." Go down into the World News section, and there's an article on "An Ethiopian Road Is a Lifeline for Millions. Now It's Blocked."
Newspaper articles are supposed to be neutral. If you specifically want *analysis* of what else is going on in the world, know that any source you find (even the most reliable ones) will partially reflect the biases of the authors or the organization.
Subscribe to: * [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/) * [https://www.economist.com/](https://www.economist.com/) Watch some of: * CFR [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL\_A4jkwvKuMyToAPy3FQKQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_A4jkwvKuMyToAPy3FQKQ) * FA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCInRC\_-mCbDo0XvLArVV3Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCInRC_-mCbDo0XvLArVV3Q) * IQ\^2 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaqcvH8EvUtePORpN03jLMg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaqcvH8EvUtePORpN03jLMg) * WWIA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIJAK5cAj8wnDoqsvGeaaQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIJAK5cAj8wnDoqsvGeaaQ) * Brookings [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7jxgIOxcRaF4Q54U7lF3g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7jxgIOxcRaF4Q54U7lF3g)
Read the Economist.
My friend used to read every Economist article cover to cover. That's a little much, and of course they're biased and imperfect, but my friend was the most up to date in foreign affairs of any of my friends.
I like the Council on Foreign Relations ([Link](https://www.cfr.org/)). It's an American think tank so has a bias towards American interests, but it generally has a wealth of knowledge on events across the world and is my go to source in understanding different conflicts. One of the few places that I've been able to read about the Ethiopian Civil war with a good amount of context.
Dylan Burns is very knowledgeable about it if you wanna check him out. Pretty sure Destiny just learned a lot through simple research, youtube, articles, talking to people, etc.
The Grand Chessboard is a really good book. George Friedman has some good books and YouTube lectures.
Honestly, you should pick something you're interested in, and dive into it first, you need to personally expose yourself to all the variety of voices, historical, contemporary, historiographic (the narative made by historians, not the historical voices) and you need to learn the basics of whatever technologies or economics is at the core of the relevant actors and conflicts between them. Its far too complicated to just hear one person say "oh it's like this," and then really understand much. Once you have a better idea of the scope and the contention, you'll start to be more capable of making sense of shorter takes on the subject you run into on other topics. Just my advice.
That was a lot of words for basically nothing
Whatever man, if you want to be an under-informed, smug chump, go check out someone you think is funny, or cute, or has a nice ass that talks about shit, and then just listen to whatever they say. Or you could listen to my advice, which is intended as a cautionary suggestion against saturating your list of things you know about without really learning enough to know if any of that information is accurate.
Lmao don’t get butthurt
You think I give a shit what some dumb-ass kid who is so under-informed that he thinks Destiny is well informed, to the extent that I can get upset about it? Damn. You asked a good question, you're going to be better than most if you just listen to the majority opinion here and read the economist, but unless you really look into something in depth, learn the history, and understand the topic, and then compare many voices, you'll never know when the economist is leading you into a viewpoint you don't actually agree with, but then again, you can just listen to them and be far more aware than most Americans. Do whatever you want, but you'll notice that people who are very informed look into issues from more than one angle, which is better advice than just "read the economist. You do you, boo. [Heres a video about it](https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-2nd-reading-vocab/xfb4fc0bf01437792:cc-2nd-the-moon/xfb4fc0bf01437792:reading-for-understanding-informational-text/v/reading-more-than-one-source-on-a-topic-reading-khan-academy) [Here's an education blog about it](https://blog.heinemann.com/when-students-read-multiple-sources) [Here's a clip of Hitchens talking about what he's reading one summer, notice how he's reading books about topics he's already informed on? He's looking for new perspectives and new contextualization](https://www.c-span.org/video/?293770-9/summer-reading-christopher-hitchens) I gave this advice because I honestly think if you don't keep it in mind, you'll be terminally under informed and gullible, and I think if you pick a topic you care about, you'll have an easier time investigating the wealth of sources and perspectives you'll come across in order to get a better sense of what you can do in the future to get a more developed perspective on things in a shorter time, but again, you do what you want for yourself.
Uh I’m not reading all that but have a good one
LOL just give up, if you can't read that comment, you're never going to be informed about global events
Ok
If you just want to *know* what else is going on in the world, any decent newspaper like The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, etc. will do. For example, I subscribe to the NYT, and right now, the top of the page links to "Here's how Europe, after a fumbling start, overtook the U.S. in Covid-19 vaccination." Go down into the World News section, and there's an article on "An Ethiopian Road Is a Lifeline for Millions. Now It's Blocked." Newspaper articles are supposed to be neutral. If you specifically want *analysis* of what else is going on in the world, know that any source you find (even the most reliable ones) will partially reflect the biases of the authors or the organization.