Fomo
“Here I stand…not at a crossroads — no, but at a multitude of roads, and […]
A timely reflection from Lindsey Hepler. With the solstice behind us and the 4th of July […]
As we blanket our house with nic-nacs and expensive toys, it’s the perfect time to […]
Our first free-peek into The Work and Play Issue of The Mockingbird is our interview […]
Here it comes, ladies and gents, Dr. Richardson’s wonderful session from Houston. No more missing […]
In line with this weekend’s FOMO breakout session, here’s one of the illustrations we looked […]
1. The New Yorker weighs in on “bucket lists“, ht DH: Whence the appeal of the […]
FOMO’s not the whole story – nor is it new.
The Boston Magazine this week published a history of “Fear of Missing Out“, tracing its beginnings, like a careful epidemiologist, back to 2004, at Harvard Business School. Of greater interest were its comments on FOBO, Fear of a Better Option (more precisely, Fear that a Better Option Exists, but FOBO’s easier than FBOE, so there it is):
But this mentality had its costs: McGinnis and his group found they couldn’t commit to anything. Working with the rudimentary tools available to them (cell phones and address books), they developed complex algorithms to plan…
This one comes to us from Lex Booth: With only two more weeks of undergraduate […]