I first heard this new thing, FOMO in the book I am reading, Hooked…
I started to read Hooked right after I finished 1984. The perfect order of things…
Because 1984 is about the loss of Self… First loss of thinking (real thinking) and then loss of a sense that you are an individual and what you thing matters, and then a sudden reversal of the natural order: that living matters more than your Self… so when living is threatened you give up your self.
The path to becoming a zombie: in the book.
So let’s see what is the path of becoming a zombie in reality.
If and when you are that somewhere is better than here, something is better than this, and you can lose out… you have already lost your Self.
I am not talking about a fleeting thought or a fleeting sensation: when you become that… fostered by social media, the press, the hook… that is what I am talking about. Continue reading “FOMO and other ways you are not living your own life”