Comparing ourselves to others often results in envy. This sometimes drives us to get better, but has significant downsides. Understanding how envy and empathy work can help us have healthy emotional connections in the systems in which we function.

Show Notes:

Feeding the Green-Eyed Monster: What Happens When Envy Turns Ugly from Hidden Brain

Schadenfreude (Merriam-Webster)

Empathy Is Tearing Us Apart by Robert Wright (Wired)

Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior by Mark Levine, et. al.