Thank you, @claudiaz :) Yes, the fear-mongering drives clicks and generates profits, and it works because we're biologically predisposed to gravitate towards that kind of content. We want to know what could potentially kill us. I'm not sure removing "all media from the world for just 1 month" would change everything, though, however, no do I agree with the sentiment. But I do think that our new interconnectedness, while it has been a blessing, also encourages people to focus on non-local issues outside of their control. In my experience as a reporter, a lot of corruption and mini-tyrannies lie close to home, but it's allowed to fester because of the hyper-focus on distant issues (and non-issues).