Tech News

'The New York Times' profiled the most selfish person in America

March 10, 2018

Everybody who has dealt with any minor amount of stress has had the fantasy of packing up and running away from all of their problems, disappearing from the modern world almost entirely.

Erik Hagerman, dubbed “The man who knew too little” by The New York Times, did just that. On Saturday, Hagerman was the focus of a newly published profile describing how, after the election of Donald Trump, he left his busy life behind and started up his own pig farm.

But Hagerman went much further than that — and much more selfish. He created what he calls “The Blockade,” a nearly total media blackout that has allowed him to stay 100 percent ignorant of the day’s news outside of the weather, local real estate listings, and how the Cleveland Cavaliers are doing.  Read more…

More about Politics, New York Times, Democracy, Man Who Knew Too Little, and Selfish


Source: Mashable | 'The New York Times' profiled the most selfish person in America

No Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.