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How to Be a Better Human: How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of "beauty" (w / Elise Hu)

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Questioning the Assumption of Always Improving Ourselves

Questioning the assumption that we should always be trying to improve ourselves./nThe idea of always optimizing and improving ourselves can be unhealthy./nGlobal beauty standards and expectations have been accelerated and exaggerated by technology./nTechnology, like Zoom's touch up my appearance feature, can create a distorted perception of our real selves.

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