FOMO

Fear of missing out isn't a new phenomenon but it's been greatly made worse by our society having access to everybody else's business. 

We originally wanted to keep in touch with friends but suddenly we knew more than we needed to including when and where they went on vacation and that they could also afford the best kind of avocado toast. 

In the not too distant past people were too busy living and at most knew what their family and immediate neighbors were up to. Fast forward and we are swimming in meaningless details that won't make our lives any better for knowing them. 

It's just making us addicted to consuming more of the deeply unimportant.