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Evaluating oneself relative to others in a biased way, often leading to distorted self-perception.
Reduces life satisfaction, drives status competition, and explains why social media can negatively affect mental health.
Social media has intensified this bias because people compare their reality to others' curated highlight reels.
"Your confidence in your own rationality is inversely proportional to your actual rationality. Ironic, isn't it?"