Deep Adhya, PhD

The ‘JOMO’ (the Joy Of Missing Out) movement has started. I have to admit I didn’t know much about the ‘FOMO’ (the Fear Of Missing Out) movement that it is trying to replace. FOMO has always been a thing among competitive people even before the internet. If you recall those pesky kids who used to eavesdrop on your private conversation then later gossip about it, or those who copied your homework just because you would do a better job (so why bother making an effort to do it themselves), that’s FOMO in action. Some sections of the human race have always been obsessed with the lives of others, not out of curiosity but out of a need to enrich their own lives. Now we have a name for it, thanks to the internet. When doing things became so easy that we could do all things we desired by just sitting on the bed in our undies, we thought, “Woah!” What were we missing out on all this time? So the race began. Everyone wanted to experience as many things as possible in their ‘short’ ...

There is no point in writing a discourse on the facebook blues. Let us imagine hypothetical conversations from mundane day to day life, something that facebook seeks to spice up through their services. Photos How an average couple would spend their honeymoon before February 2004 : Romeo – Darling, stand in front of the fountain, while I take a photograph. Pretend that you are the poet in the statue behind you, thinking deeply about the next line in your poem. Juliet – Why, you embarrass me. I cannot be a poet. Romeo – Do it for our kids … Juliet – Ok. But make sure you get the best cellophane to wrap it in, so that even after both of us die, our memories will forever live on. Romeo – Honey, you say the most romantic things sometimes. [Click] How an average couple would spend their honeymoon after February 2012 : Rom – Hey Jul, you know how fortunate we are to be visiting Paris for our honeymoon? Would you please stand in front of that f...