The Fear of Missing Out

Fear of missing out is an anxiety of losing what we never even had, and could hence be described as an insane mental defect. However, it is common, real, and can make us feel deep regret for something that hasn’t actually happened. FOMO’s full destructive force can be observed in two friends who decided to invest their savings into bitcoin back in 2012.

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COLLABORATORS
Script: Jonas Koblin
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Matt Abbott
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda
Production: Selina Bador
Fact checking: Ludovico Di Chanaz
Topic suggested by: Avanti Giridharan

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Here are also 4 ideas from our editors on how to deal with the fear of missing out:

First, if you want to spare your friends from their fears and FOMOs, be mindful of what you share. Not everyone needs to know how great your life is.
Second, if you don't like your own FOMO, mingle with people who don’t compete in your domain.
Third, use it to get good at something or start a new career. Just join a group of people who are great at what you are dreaming of becoming and let your FOMO do the rest.
Fourth, if you want to close a deal, remind others of their FOMO to come to a conclusion fast.

SOURCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out

The science
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886920307376

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265407520945394

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826101624.htm

CLASSROOM EXERCISE
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CHAPTER
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Nature of FOMO
00:56 Story of Tom & Jeff
03:15 How FOMO affect us
03:45 Research finding
04:02 What do you think?
04:27 Patron credits
04:37 Ending

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