FOMO - Fear of missing out
Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Understanding human tendencies helps up understand how the BKs attempt to exploit individuals.
Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a type of social anxiety defined as "the fear that other people might be having rewarding experiences that you’re missing out on".
It’s characterised by a desire to stay connected — continually — to sources that purport to tell you what others are doing. According to Time magazine, it's ...
Is "fear of missing out" on the Golden Age, the ultimate BK hook? Or the thought that everyone else in BKism is having all those wonderful meditation experiences that you are not ... and consequently get hooked into chasing more and more, and going along with what the BK leaders feed people?
Apparently FOMO is especially strong for those who are hooked on social media ... which connects a more recent trend in BKism where the BKs sustain a constant flow of texts or emails, or flood would be adherents, hence exploiting yet another vulnerability. We've had family members concerned at this continuance, even when individuals have asked to told the BKs to stop exploiting it.
One key to understanding the roots of FOMO is recognising underlying low levels of satisfaction, the feeling of needs for competence and autonomy and lower levels of mood and overall life satisfaction in general.
Explotion of the tendency has already moved into the advertising and marketing world where the BKs spend most of their resources seeking new adherents or consumers under the guise of "service".
Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a type of social anxiety defined as "the fear that other people might be having rewarding experiences that you’re missing out on".
It’s characterised by a desire to stay connected — continually — to sources that purport to tell you what others are doing. According to Time magazine, it's ...
...‘‘the uneasy and sometimes all-consuming feeling that you’re missing out – that your peers are doing, in the know about, or in possession of more or something better than you’’.
Is "fear of missing out" on the Golden Age, the ultimate BK hook? Or the thought that everyone else in BKism is having all those wonderful meditation experiences that you are not ... and consequently get hooked into chasing more and more, and going along with what the BK leaders feed people?
Apparently FOMO is especially strong for those who are hooked on social media ... which connects a more recent trend in BKism where the BKs sustain a constant flow of texts or emails, or flood would be adherents, hence exploiting yet another vulnerability. We've had family members concerned at this continuance, even when individuals have asked to told the BKs to stop exploiting it.
One key to understanding the roots of FOMO is recognising underlying low levels of satisfaction, the feeling of needs for competence and autonomy and lower levels of mood and overall life satisfaction in general.
Explotion of the tendency has already moved into the advertising and marketing world where the BKs spend most of their resources seeking new adherents or consumers under the guise of "service".