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I've noticed this feeling myself in the last year, and, honestly I've found it somewhat freeing by following this logic: 1. There is infinite content for me to
by joelfried 4y ago
I've noticed this feeling myself in the last year, and, honestly I've found it somewhat freeing by following this logic:
1. There is infinite content for me to consume.
2. I have a finite life.
3. Even if I spend my entire life trying, I cannot consume all content.
4. Since I cannot consume all content, there will be content that I will not consume that I would have enjoyed.
5. I want to spend my life doing some things other than consuming media.
6. Given 4 & 5, "I would enjoy it" is no longer a sufficient condition for me to consume some media.
7. Given 6, my feelings of FOMO have gone down considerably. What's to be afraid of, when there's always another product to fill the same "mild enjoyment" void?