Will people ever stop comparing themselves to others?
People rarely measure success alone.
Someone always earns more.
Travels more.
Knows more.
The hidden mechanism is relative evaluation.
Humans evolved in groups.
Survival depended on understanding social position.
Comparison became automatic.
The problem is not comparison itself.
The problem is forgetting that other people's lives are edited highlights.
People search for happiness in absolute numbers.
But emotions are surprisingly relative.
