Invisibilia

Frame of Reference

Are you rich? Well married? Successful? You may think the answer has to do with your objective situation. But in fact, it has more to do with how you measure up to the people around you.

By Alix Spiegel • Jul 9, 2016 • 1 min read

All of us carry an invisible frame of reference in our heads that filters our experience and determines how we feel. Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin interview a woman who gets a glimpse of what she's been missing all her life -- and then loses it. And they talk to Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj about which frame of reference is better -- his or his dad's.

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Alix Spiegel
Co-Host of NPR's 'Invisibilia'
Lulu Miller
Co-host of NPR's 'Invisibilia'
Hanna Rosin
senior editor, The Atlantic, co-host of the podcast We Live Here Now
Anne Gudenkauf
Producer of NPR's 'Invisibilia'

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Invisibilia

Frame of Reference

Are you rich? Well married? Successful? You may think the answer has to do with your objective situation. But in fact, it has more to do with how you measure up to the people around you.

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Invisibilia

Frame of Reference

Are you rich? Well married? Successful? You may think the answer has to do with your objective situation. But in fact, it has more to do with how you measure up to the people around you.

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