„I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage“
– John Stuart Mill in seiner Autobiographie, 1873

Eine der fundamentalen negativen sozialen Dynamiken, die von Social Media massiv verstärkt werden können.

Der Satz geht weiter mit:

„and wisdom is supposed to consist not in seeing further than other people, but in not seeing so far.“