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Podcast: So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Episode: 1327: The Financial Cost of FoMO with Patrick McGinnis, Author of Fear of Missing Out
Description: From cryptocurrency to housing, the fear of missing out (FoMO) drives a great deal of our financial decisions. Guest Patrick McGinnis, the first to coin the term FoMO, shares the root causes of this fear, as well as the unfortunate costs of FoMO-led investing and spending. His book is called Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in an Overwhelming World.
More about Patrick: He is an international venture capitalist and host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens. Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), as well as the related term FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) in a 2004 a...