Many readers will by now know of FOMO – the fear of missing out – the social media phenomenon, where, to quote Wikipedia, there is “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”. Instagram and Facebook have magnified this feeling, as one can now see all their “friends” having a good time without them.

I suffer from FOMO, much to my wife’s annoyance, having dragged her out of a perfectly acceptable bar last week to a trendier venue that I wrongly anticipated would be better than the one we were (already) in. Another similarly FOMO-oriented friend would, when driving, proceed to scroll through the whole spectrum of radio stations just in case there was a better song playing than the one he was already enjoying.