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The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
Maybe someday
28
/100
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Readers
39/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Joe Keohane
Publisher:
Random House
Date:
July 13, 2021
Joe Keohane sets out on a journey to discover what happens when we bridge the distance between us and people we don't know.
What The Reviewers Say
This perceptive and rather chatty offering considers the sociological research behind why human beings are so averse to making connections with strangers, and why it’s so important to do so.
Journalist Keohane debuts with a playful account of his 'quest to master talking to strangers.' Enriching his own social experiments (including 'the ultimate taboo of talking to people on mass transit') with the findings of psychologists, sociologists, biologists, and theologians, Keohane unpacks the fear of rejection, notes the importance of eye contact, and details how social interaction promotes happiness.
After a year of quarantine and masks and years of severe political division, journalist Keohane shows us why it’s vital for us to come together.
