The fear of missing out has become the defining anxiety of c... - Zygmunt Bauman

This quote is attributed to Zygmunt Bauman.

"The fear of missing out has become the defining anxiety of contemporary existence."

Zygmunt Bauman Fear

Sociologist Polish-British 1925–2017

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