I heard it explained this way – if you were from outer space and visited earth once every 10,000 years and gave a report each time, you’d have said “Semi-hairless apes foraging for food and resources”. You’d have given this report 23 times – for 230,000 years. The last visit however, is very different. All the change has happened recently – most of it in the last 300 years.
We are made for a very different world – where there wasn’t much new information, and when there was we had better pay attention because it could mean life and death.
So today, here we are swimming in available information; messages coming in at the speed of light. The Fear of Missing Out (“FOMO”), that once served to save our lives, all of a sudden is a liability.
Today, FOMO = Overload and mental dysfunction. It’s a handicap we all have. People who create information know this and sell the drug this addiction feeds on.
Recognize it. Set up your life so FOMO doesn’t hurt you. Replace it with FOTM – Fear Of Too Much.
Wow! Interesting thought…..thinking most are just mixed in distractions, that waist our time. Very cool picture! Have a great Easter Larry:)