I disagree.
Your post is the total opposite opinion of the article.
Trust others, that would free you to accomplish.<p>How are you going to accomplish something without spending energy and time on it?<p>Both approaches are wrong in the sense that they are reductions to absurd.<p><pre><code>  -Everyone is lying, doubt everything, think about
   everything
   vs
  -Trust everything so you have time to accomplish (by
   thinking I guess)
</code></pre>
The right hand approach would be, think about things in the proportion they are important to you.<p>Edit: add example<p>You would not spend the same amount of time or energy making sure you are not being scammed on some site that sells you the product you want to buy at half the price (e.g. 3bay.com or amazing.com) vs reading google news.<p>Edit2:<p><i>&quot;Always doubt the media&quot; is bad advice. It&#x27;s similar to &quot;always doubt your parents&quot;</i><p>this is totally wrong, your parents (most of the time) would want to see you thrive; news on the other hand want to tell you anything to keep you on the channel to get more views and more money.