The Opposite of Urgent

An essay by Chad Schomber

There’s a kind of rot that sets in when the only thing you read is the news. You start to confuse noise with meaning. Think scrolling through a megaphone. Everyone yelling. No one whispering. No silence between the sentences where the truth might’ve stretched out and cracked its back.

I’m not saying don’t read the news. I’m not that stupid. But reading o…