I see FOMO as the need for instantaneous satisfaction (abstract notion). Fast transport, as an obvious technological advance in the past, to guarantee time and space, removes us from surprise, unknown.
When going to a town not far away was an adventure in itself, today going across the globe is nearly yawn inducing.
> When going to a town not far away was an adventure in itself, today going across the globe is nearly yawn inducing.
Indeed there was novelty to even somewhat local travel, now it's routine and ingrained. And flying across the world is done in a day. Perhaps why so many are looking up at space, it's the next great adventure.
I see FOMO as the need for instantaneous satisfaction (abstract notion). Fast transport, as an obvious technological advance in the past, to guarantee time and space, removes us from surprise, unknown.
When going to a town not far away was an adventure in itself, today going across the globe is nearly yawn inducing.