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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Our fear of strangers drives us further apart from one another.
Chapter 3: We expect that strangers won’t like us; we also underrate them.
Chapter 4: Cooperating with strangers was an evolutionary necessity.
Chapter 5: Conversations with strangers make us feel happier and more connected.
Chapter 6: To connect with strangers, first begin with small talk, and then break the script.
Chapter 7: To endure the future, we must embrace a new kind of cosmopolitanism.
Description
The Power of Strangers (2021) explores why we don’t talk to strangers – and why we definitely should. It looks at how humans evolved to communicate and collaborate with strangers and reveals why our modern alienation from one another is such a problem.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone feeling lonely in the modern world
- Those suffering from pandemic isolation
- People interested in the psychology of communication