A growing number of adults are experiencing what experts call FOBO — Fear Of Becoming Obsolete — as new skills are expected almost overnight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "affliction of abundance" can cause big problems. Westend61 via Getty Images The concept of FOMO is widely known these days.

Patrick J McGinnis coined the term ‘fear of missing out’ more than two decades ago. Today he shares tips for using it to ...

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Technologies like ChatGPT have spurred new waves of concern about tech making workers’ jobs obsolete, according to a recent Gallup poll. However, overall levels of concern still remain low, Gallup ...

Too much of a good thing is, apparently, a bad thing. Forget “fear of missing out.” The latest anxiety-inducing trend is “FOBO” — or “fear of a better option.” In other words, people are constantly ...

Well, there’s a new app out called FOBO that aims to solve all those problems, providing users with a local marketplace for selling consumer electronics. FOBO launches in San Francisco today, offering ...

New data shows skill demands in AI-exposed jobs are changing 66% faster than they did last year, meaning what got you hired ...

The concept of FOMO is widely known these days. This term for “the fear of missing out” even made it into dictionaries starting in 2013. But fewer people are familiar with a related and similarly ...