Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, 2019
Gladwell argues that our instinct to trust strangers is both society's foundation and its blind spot, and that we misread people we don't know.
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Malcolm Gladwell was born in England, raised in Canada, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996.
We read strangers in seconds and call it understanding.
We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy. If I can convince you of one thing in this book, let it be this: Strangers are not easy. Books by Malcolm Gladwell
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