I sometimes so overwhelmed with current events/news from the various topics that interest me. Right now I just use google news but often find it not so useful and noisy.<p>Curious what other people use?
- Hacker News. Skim the headlines, read only what's very interesting or very relevant.<p>- Daily email from the NYT. Skim the headlines, read only what's very interesting or very relevant.<p>- Google News. Skim the headlines, ...<p>Seriously, you almost always don't <i>need</i> to know the details. Just to be aware of things is usually enough. As you point out, if you try to know the details, you'll be overwhelmed.<p>Just read what's very interesting or very relevant to you. Shift that when it becomes a topic that you may need to vote on or work in, or some other measure of relevance.<p>You cannot keep up. You can't. Let it go, and live your life.
I still use RSS feeds from people's blogs and some news sites. And Twitter. I find a regular general news weekly such as The Economist is good too, and more measured than daily news bursts.