You'll eventually get over being "too cool" for Facebook. It's ok, I did it too. We'll welcome you back when you change your mind. Life is too short to worry so much about these things.
I've found a great way reduce the amount of news and media that you consume is to travel.
Travel forces you to be offline most the time. You don't watch tv or see "news" much at all. After a while you don't even miss it and actually prefer life without it.
At least that;s what I've been doing for the last three years. Works pretty well.
