Comparison Cure

"e;Comparison is the thief of joy,"e; said Theodore Roosevelt, but he didn't have Instagram. In "e;The Comparison Cure,"e; sociologist Hannah Brooks argues that we are living in the first era of human history where we have 24/7 access to the "e;highlight reels"e; of millions of strangers, triggering a chronic biological stress response. Brooks explains the evolutionary purpose of social comparis...