Comparison itself is neutral, not good or bad. The problem starts when you turn it into moral judgment about yourself. Use it to learn from people ahead of you or understand why someone excels in one area.
I don't know about the inner workings of anyone, myself included, but I don't think comparison is good or bad. I think it's just a measurement tool. They are here, I am here. When they post, they get more views. When they run things, they get more than I do, or they get less than I do. And the part that gets people in trouble is the second part where they say, and therefore I am bad, or therefore I am good. And so I think comparison is a very useful tool to figure out where you stand and where you can improve. And I think that's all it is. I always want to compare myself. I want to look at other people who are ahead of me and see what they're doing that I'm not doing so I can learn. And if someone's behind me, I don't really compare much at all because like, why bother? Or if they are behind me but they're better than me at something, then I want to figure out why they're better than me at that thing. That is the chief use of comparison. Everything else, I don't see the benefit.
