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In the 20th century, you only saw what your neighbors chose to park in their driveway. Today, social media provides a 24/7 window into the "highlight reels" of thousands of people.
A practical step: curate your social media feed ruthlessly. Unfollow anyone who makes you feel inadequate, anxious, or envious. Follow artists, educators, and philosophers instead. Remember that most of what you see is staged. The happiest people are rarely the ones posting the most.
The truly wealthy person is not the one with the largest house. It is the one who does not feel the need to look out the window to see what the neighbor is doing.
There is a growing movement known as or "quiet luxury." This is the decision to own high-quality, durable goods that do not have logos or flashy branding. It is the choice to invest in private assets (stocks, bonds, real estate, education) rather than public status symbols. When you stop signaling, you stop caring about the signals of others.
Psychologists call this a concept introduced by Leon Festinger in 1954. Festinger argued that humans have an innate drive to evaluate themselves, and in the absence of objective measures, we compare ourselves to others. There are two types:
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