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How where you're born influences the person you become

  • Written by Samuel Putnam, Professor of Psychology, Bowdoin College
In some societies, kids are taught that they're in control of their own happiness – which makes them more indulgent.Oleksii Synelnykov/Shutterstock.com

As early as the fifth century, the Greek philosopher Thucydides contrasted the self-control and stoicism of Spartans with the more indulgent and free-thinking citizens of Athens.

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