Policymakers, particularly central bankers, have taken the approach that they can manage the economy, suppress natural volatility, and produce certain outcomes as if the economies were predictable and linearsystems.
This non-linear tendency is why complex systems are more likely to follow a power-law probability distribution than the more familiar bell-curve distribution.
Compared to the linear, process-focused nature of traditional business systems, social apps encourage people to engage and connect in real-time across departments and lines of business.