The power of strangers : the benefits of connecting in a suspicious world /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Strangers in a cab
- part I: What happens when we talk to strangers? Strangers in a classroom
- A readily available source of happiness that we almost never take advantage of
- Hello through the howdy door
- Human makes friend
- How to talk to half a dozen strangers at once
- Talking to strangers: Paleolithic edition
- Meet the murderer and the man from another dimension
- How humans came to rely on the kindness of strangers
- How to listen to strangers
- The god of strangers
- part II: Why don't we talk to strangers? Strangers in the city
- Why are we so afraid of strangers?
- How fear of strangers can make us friendly
- How to procreate with strangers in Finland
- part III: How to talk to strangers. Okay, so when are we allowed to talk to strangers?
- How to talk to strangers
- Talking to strangers in the field
- Talking to them
- How to talk to enemy strangers
- Upon encountering a stranger
- A new social renaissance.