Talking to Strangers

As I sat at the airport, head deep in a book, I suddenly heard, "Hi!" What? To my left stood a handsome man. "I just thought I should say hi since I see you're reading Talking to Strangers." I too thought Malcolm Gladwell's new book was going to teach me how to literally talk with people I don't kno......more

I was trying to work through my thoughts on this book when Goodreads did an interview with Malcolm Gladwell and this one thing he said just made everything clear for me: “I've never been a writer who's looked to persuade his readers; I'm more interested in capturing their interest and curiosity.”......more

9/2/2019--I'm knocking this down to two stars. Gladwell's really bad takes on things like race and sexual assault just don't deserve an okay rating. Wow, does this book ever suffer from a severe case of foot-in-mouth disease! I almost didn’t make it past the introduction. In my pre-publication copy,......more

How should we talk to strangers? Who are the people we can trust? Who are those we should give the benefit of the doubt? What should we do if someone breaks our trust? Malcolm Gladwell answers all the above questions through this book. "To assume the best about another is the trait that has cre......more

When we meet someone new you know nothing about. We trust strangers too easily. We might think someone is dangerous when they're not, or miss someone who is harming. We trust authority figures too much, even if they're wrong. We judge people based on stereotypes instead of getting to know them. So, what......more