I've always thought it would be a good idea to read the news. I made some valiant attempts in recent years, subscribing to magazines like The New Yorker and The Economist, bringing them proudly with me onto the airplane or train and tackling each article the way one tackles each successive item on a To-Do list. I never read more than two issues of any news magazine, and in the end, I settled with taking in current events through Yahoo news while checking email, and skimming the newspaper in my search for the daily crossword.
About a month ago, I randomly downloaded a BBC app on my iPod. Since then, I have been reading the news every morning...politics, business, health, even technology. It's interesting and fun, and I was really happy that I've finally gotten around to being a somewhat-informed citizen of the world.
Then, I realized that the only factor that had stood in my way was the convenience factor. Not interest, awareness, time...convenience. Once I found an easy, fast way to do it, everything was solved. Is this how a lot of things are nowadays? Should I feel terribly ashamed about how pathetic this is?
