2 The Mechanics of FOPO
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
—HERBERT SPENCER
I had a conversation with Moby, the visionary, Grammy Award–winning music artist where he described the intoxication of being on the receiving end of external validation:
I saw myself on the cover of a magazine in early days as a musician and I was like, “Oh my God, this is validation. This is love. People know me. That means I have meaning. They care about me. They’re being nice to me. I have friends I’ve never met.” And so I spent the next fifteen years obsessing over what people said about me because for a minute, it was really good. I mean it sounds like I’m also describing alcohol and drugs. Like in the beginning, ...
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