The power of strangers : the benefits of connecting in a suspicious world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keohane, Joe (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2021]
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Online Access:CONNECT
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.