&gt;Ultimately, pick whatever view of time suits you best. Whereas Graham’s essay exhorts us to do what matters to avoid FOMO — Fear of Missing Out — personally, FOBB — Fear of Being Bored — is a much more effective motive for me.&lt;<p>Personally, as I grow older I notice that FOMO rarely influences my choices...FOBB still beckons to me occasionally...primarily to treat the internet as a &quot;salon&quot;, in the most liberal sense--a place to meet and greet, dismiss, or engage, a wide variety of ideas and opinions...a chance to, rather inexpensively, strike off into the unknown for an hour or so...as if on a walk, that will eventually lead me home with a few tales to tell of my adventures...