Mistaken beliefs, on the other hand, are reflected in metaphors like contagion and domino effect, which imply that financial markets become blind, virulent, and indiscriminate when they are disturbed.

Not only are many of the equivalent online activities harder to see or quantify, but things like Facebook encourage you to friend everyone .Everyone is more popular, more intelligent, and better looking than average.

Mistaken beliefs, on the other hand, are reflected in metaphors like contagion and domino effect, which imply that financial markets become blind, virulent, and indiscriminate when they are disturbed. Such terms provoke fear that, once confidence in any one country is lost, all others are in danger.