This was actually how I first heard of the friendship paradox. There were a number of articles related to this earlier this year; here [0] is one and the origin

This was actually how I first heard of the friendship paradox. There were a number of articles related to this earlier this year; here [0] is one and the original article [1]. Sorry for not linking earlier. [0] http://www.technologyreview.com/view/523566/how-the-friendship-paradox-makes-your-friends-better-than-you-are/ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/523566/how-the-friendsh... [1] http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1458 http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1458