Social comparison is the way we determine where we stand, and how to adjust.
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Basic goods escape this paradox, because expectations for these goods do not fluctuate much and these are less susceptible to social comparison.
To measure how that effectiveness of NFL programming compares across broadcast networks and nights, Fizziology provided a social engagement comparison of the last two years of social data (up to November 12, 2012) around Thursday Night, Sunday Night, and Monday Night Football.
"The social cost of this programme is limited in comparison with the economic and social catastrophe that would follow if we didn't adopt it, " he said.
These difficulties - not to mention social differences - make comparison of crime rates between countries difficult.
The technology implementation behind social business, by comparison, is far easier a prospect.
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The aging population requires better medical care and a social safety net, something China still lacks in comparison to wealthier Asian nations like Japan.
The achievements of social democracy were large, and its failures, by comparison, relatively minor.
The slow uptake is especially striking in comparison to their eager use of equivalent Chinese social media for domestic corporate communications.
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Odysseas Papadimitriou is the CEO of the credit card comparison website Card Hub and the personal finance social network Wallet Hub.
But he argued that - in comparison to the 2005 London bombings - the Social Development department had given "no similar consideration to the victims of atrocities committed against the citizens of Northern Ireland".
That's a powerful comparison if you're in the business of social media, and Beerud Sheth got the message.
On social media, reactions to the group are favourable across Libya in comparison to other militias, particularly over its charitable work.
In comparison, he has stayed away from some technology and social media companies like Twitter or Facebook, which operate in a fast-changing world where the future is not clear to him.
Although there is still limited empirical evidence on the relative performance of socially responsible investing in comparison to conventional investing, one 2000 study concluded that social mutual funds perform no better or worse than conventional mutual funds.
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And I would refrain from heading to the Safeway to buy A-1 because the President has very clearly vowed to veto a bill if such a bill were to arrive on his desk because it is a draconian measure that in terms of its impact on dramatic cuts in Social Security, Medicare, would make the Ryan budget plan pale by comparison.
Social scientists have kind of decided and figured out that comparing to the census isn't quite a reasonable comparison.
From mapping sites to social networks, web-based software evolves much faster than desktop software, which often looks old-fashioned by comparison.
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