content: The maximum # of things humans can focus on at any given time is 9. This includes other humans. When your brain is processing more humans than this, then it clogs the pipes. Apply this to online as well. Hard to live a simple life and have a clear head when you are attempting to be part of the social media hive mind (focusing on 10,000 or even 500M people). Keep yourself grounded with independent thought without having to focus on groupthink as the goal. Understand that the 98% of the population are NPC cattle.