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even more direct in its appeal to improve

social performance. “FOR THE

ANXIETY THAT COMES FROM NOT FITTING IN,”

it empathized.

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Of course, the Extrovert Ideal is not a

modern invention. Extroversion is in

our DNA—literally, according to some

psychologists. The trait has been found

to be less prevalent in Asia and Africa

than in Europe and America, whose

populations descend largely from the

migrants of the world. It makes sense,

say these researchers, that world travelers

were more extroverted than those

who stayed home—and that they

passed on their traits to their children

and their children’s children. “As

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