Hikers on the Appalachian trail have the motto “hike your own hike”—that is, resist the urge to compare how many miles you cover in a day to how far other hikers are traveling. Nevertheless, the urge ...

Have you ever felt exhilarated about hitting a professional or personal milestone, only to find yourself, less than 24 hours later, having an Instagram-triggered crisis and tumbling down a black hole ...

Being an actor isn’t easy. I don’t just mean the actual art of it or even the sometimes extensive training that goes into it. No, I mean the entertainment industry. Being in the industry is tough.

Not too long ago, on a cold winter night, somewhere in America, there was a tween who wanted more screen time and a parent who said no. The tween in question was advocating vociferously for her right ...

We humans are comparison creatures. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people. This attribute may have evolved as a means of helping us fit into the social hierarchy of the cultures ...

The comparison economy has been one of the quietest, most consistent business models on the internet. In the U.S. and U.K., companies like NerdWallet, Bankrate, and MoneySuperMarket have turned the ...