Original title: JOMO
In a society that demands the most from its citizens while depriving them of the bare minimum, to live means to say no. In contrast to FOMO, JOMO is the joy of missing out, a rebellion against the imperatives of total enjoyment, a celebration of freedom understood as leisure and relaxation. Deprived of shared utopian horizons, those who say no can only come together with a new bond: a shared weariness for this world and a desire to make it habitable again, here and now. Therefore, JOMO is not a resignation, but rather a reorientation of desire. The pleasure of losing as a way to go against the vice of winning.
“Juan Evaristo Valls Boix proposes a simple method as a way out of contemporary excess, one that we should pay attention to: do nothing, be no one, go nowhere. Is there a more subversive position today than that of a vital Bartleby?” —Elizabeth Duval
“Juan Evaristo has long sought to free himself through a philosophy of laziness and rejection. In this beautiful, horizontal, and vigorous piece of writing, which you can read in one sitting, he has succeeded, for us as well.” —Laura Llevadot
“Juan Evaristo Valls Boix seems determined to lead us to a lucid wakefulness from which life can be lived a little better.” —Roy Galán
“The book that will pull you out of the consumerist vertigo you’re stuck in.” —Marc Giró
“The perfect book to break free from capitalist lethargy.” —Marc Giró
In a society that demands the most from its citizens while depriving them of the bare minimum, to live means to say no. In contrast to FOMO, JOMO is the joy of missing out, a rebellion against the imperatives of total enjoyment, a celebration of freedom understood as leisure and relaxation. Deprived of shared utopian horizons, those who say no can only come together with a new bond: a shared weariness for this world and a desire to make it habitable again, here and now. Therefore, JOMO is not a resignation, but rather a reorientation of desire. The pleasure of losing as a way to go against the vice of winning.
“Juan Evaristo Valls Boix proposes a simple method as a way out of contemporary excess, one that we should pay attention to: do nothing, be no one, go nowhere. Is there a more subversive position today than that of a vital Bartleby?” —Elizabeth Duval
“Juan Evaristo has long sought to free himself through a philosophy of laziness and rejection. In this beautiful, horizontal, and vigorous piece of writing, which you can read in one sitting, he has succeeded, for us as well.” —Laura Llevadot
“Juan Evaristo Valls Boix seems determined to lead us to a lucid wakefulness from which life can be lived a little better.” —Roy Galán
“The book that will pull you out of the consumerist vertigo you’re stuck in.” —Marc Giró
“The perfect book to break free from capitalist lethargy.” —Marc Giró