Continuous partial attention and the fear of missing out |
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
They used to call it multi-tasking, which was seen as a positive thing; now it’s known as continuous partial attention – defined as the state of giving only a partial and continuous level of attention to many different things at once, driven by the desire to stay connected and not miss out.
The acronym for that is FOMO – or Fear of Missing Out – but what really happens is that, in your determination to cover all bases, you get a little bit of everything and not........