TL:DR: There's a fine line between doom scrolling endlessly and being ignorant. It's important to accurately curate your feeds and what is being served up to you but it is indeed exhausting.

I have made an attempt to stay "in-the-loop" with important news by downloading a few apps (Reuters, FT, AJ) even some local papers. And while it's been ok so far I really don't need to be pinged at 7am about some fella being stabbed from round the corner from me.

Trouble with YouTube is most of the slop doesn't have a defined genre to combat. It really is an influx of "the X situation is crazy", "video essay that is just plot summary" , "misinformed person reacts to" tubers. There are good content creators out there who drown amidst these

You can still pick between a speed oriented or acceleration oriented stats engine. Then your character and kart can be whatever you want! It's a win win.