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Are You Yoda or Darth Vader?

How to recognize your light and dark sides.

  • By Brian Gallagher
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You might think that to become a better person, you should squelch your inner demons, suppress your darker impulses. That’s not quite right, according to Columbia University psychologist Scott Barry K

Fuel your wonder. Feed your curiosity. Expand your mind.

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