http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fomo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer's_remorse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts's_law
http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpt...racy-trade-off
perhaps it's easy to associate envy & "grass is greener" mentality w/ fomo. also, fomo isn't necessarily linked to social media, social media just makes it obvious & amplifies it. fomo isn't new.

