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How To Concentrate & Avoid Social Media Distractions, FOMO (Fear OF Missing Out)

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For any student, spending too much time on social media means less studies done and more stress before the exams. Social media helps to get some useful information but if we waste too much time on it, it can harm our studies and health. We discuss the fear of missing out (FOMO) here, and what t0 do in order to strike a perfect balance of studies and social media. #FOMO is a very famous trend these days. Ironical is that it's trending on the Internet, which, is the reason for the happening of it. If you don't know about FOMO, it means Fear Of Missing Out. In the social media context, it is the fear of not being able to know important events happening online, not seeing the latest information updates from other people/celebrities we know and most importantly, we tend to revisit social media sites repeatedly. In the worst case, we may even keep refreshing the page/feed more than once in a half minute, just to see if there's something new posted now.  This mak...

What’s the point of earning money? (Meaning of Money & Life!) #philosophy

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Many philosophical people may try to ponder on the meaning of life, which is tied to money. Some even say why we should earn money ?   Let’s analyze the origin and need of money. Money was always there . Before the metal currency, humans used to exchange consumable or useful items as a means of barter. During the metal currency, money received storage value due to non perishable nature of metal. Due to high making cost, carrying trouble and reduction in metal reservoirs, paper currency started. Then we started carrying plastic cards and now we do online transactions and virtual currencies like Bitcoin was started. Reason for money being important is the value it has for everyone . For you to live, you need food, water, shelter and now, electricity and the Internet. So, money helps you to buy things you need and want. If everything was free, people would not have a motivation to do business or a job. Even nature has a currency system. Plants take carbon dioxide and ...