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even more direct <strong>in</strong> its appeal to improvesocial performance. “FOR THEANXIETY THAT COMES FROM NOT FITTING IN,”it empathized.96/929Of course, the Extrovert Ideal is not amodern <strong>in</strong>vention. Extroversion is <strong>in</strong>our DNA—literally, accord<strong>in</strong>g to somepsychologists. <strong>The</strong> trait has been foundto be less prevalent <strong>in</strong> Asia and Africathan <strong>in</strong> Europe and America, whosepopulations descend largely from themigrants <strong>of</strong> the world. It makes sense,say these researchers, that world travelerswere more extroverted than thosewho stayed home—and that theypassed on their traits to their childrenand their children’s children. “As

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