FOMO, or fear of missing out, pervades modern life. But does constantly creating, experiencing, and doing actually create a fulfilled life? In this episode, we look at all the ways missing out can actually be the best thing we can do for ourselves. 

Timestamps:

Seneca – 3:29

Berlin – 9:49

Agamben – 15:37

Sources:

“On the Shortness of Life”

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

Isaiah Berlin (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Isaiah Berlin, “TWO CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY,” Four Essays On Liberty, (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1969)

Bartleby, The Scrivener

Giorgio Agamben - Bartleby, or On Contingency

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