In my opinion, I believe that to under stand the significant events going on the world would be benefitial to everyone's daily life since prople could have a better chance of communicating to each other, have their own way of thinking towards different events, while if not knowing what's going on daily, people will gradually lose their connection to the world. 
By understanding the events going on that might not be relevant to you, you will have a lot to talk to your college, boss, and your families. By talking to people near you, the others will like your personalities and would like to be your friend, which means that you and your friend would keep a connection which will create more chances of communication. A good example was my uncle. My uncle knows all the news going arround the world, even it wasn't relevant to him and