God knows we all have demons, and we are works in progress in trying to grow into our better selves.

老天爷知道我们都有恐惧，而我们都是半成品，试图成为更好的自己。

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Of course, our behavior can indeed influence others, and we can help people become their best selves, and encourage them to treat us better, by altering our interactions.

没错，我们是可以通过自己的行为来影响他人，帮助他们做最好的自己，同时通过改变交往方式，让他们对我们更好。

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In most cases, though, soft paternalism means the government giving people a choice, but skewing the choice towards the one their better selves would like to make.

ECONOMIST: Soft paternalism

Around Ed, people wanted to be their better selves.

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With more ways to share in public space, the people around us can not only help us make better places, they can help us become our best selves.

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