And we are mindful of the destructive power of mass hysteria and heedless adulation.

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"When one subject confronted Borboa, mass hysteria occurred and 50 plus patrons ran from the the theater, " authorities said.

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My favorite mass hysteria story takes place in Tanzania, January of 1962.

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It was Ed Krol's Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog which O'Reilly published in 1992 just before Internet fever reached mass hysteria levels.

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Mass hysteria which is when contagious social emotions run amuck is the result.

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All of this tells us something very unnerving about our always on, always connected world: we can go from memetic transmission to mass hysteria in lickety-split.

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But biological attacks may not take effect for several days making it much harder to mount an emergency response and cope with the mass hysteria among those who fear contamination.

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But Cebu made be realize why the Internet has not socially and culturally become mass-hysteria for the masses.

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