The News Is Exhausting You — And It's Affecting How You Think

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Apr 13, 2026 · 1h 23m

You are not imagining it. The constant headlines, the breaking alerts, the opinion dressed as fact — it is not just tiring. It is quietly degrading your ability to think clearly, make decisions, and trust your own judgment. Information overload is not a personality weakness. It is a design feature of a media ecosystem built to keep you consuming, not informed. Steven Abramowicz has spent his career on both sides of that ecosystem — as a Wall Street insider and as the founder of an independent journalism platform — and what he has learned about protecting your attention, spotting spin, and…