> I much rather want to talk to the person who reads books written by experts, than to talk to the person who watches the news every day.

I'm inclined to prefer the book-readers too, but the way this is phrased sets up a bit of a false dichotomy.

Lots of stuff that's happening now and is of interest won't make it into books for a while. And there is something moderately interesting (and educational) about following along, thinking about where the world will go and why, and seeing if you turn out to be right a few days/weeks later.

For a while, my entire daily news consumption was just listening to the FT News Briefing [1] during my commute. It's about 10 minutes, and -- most days -- it was just the right amount of news.

[1]: https://www.ft.com/ft-news-briefing