I think with the rise of online communities, it's not as applicable anymore. Gladwell says you're only comparing against yourself against your peers at your sc

I think with the rise of online communities, it's not as applicable anymore. Gladwell says you're only comparing against yourself against your peers at your school, and not the world, but for me, I've absolutely compared myself from people from other universities (and for that matter, other countries). For example, there are people 2-3 years younger than me who have a public output of projects/writing that is 100 times more than mine. I'm probably somewhat high up among in my own university in project output, but I still made this comparison, partially because online communities allow me to hear about these people.