Talking to Strangers : : What we Should Know About the People we Don't Know

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Call Number: BOCD 302 Gl, Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Social Science / Gladwell, Malcolm
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines to illustrate that people size up the motivations, emotions, and trustworthiness of those they don't know both wrongly and with misplaced confidence.

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Malcolm Gladwell does not disappoint! submitted by mickplu on June 10, 2022, 10:33pm This was a fascinating look at various real life cases and examples. Whenever possible, Gladwell produces the actual recording of the people involved. Definitely thought provoking and worth even a second read.

Worth a listen/read submitted by JJM.Deucher on August 11, 2023, 8:10am First Gladwell book I've read or listened to. Interesting stories from real life. A wild one to listen to write before COVID hit.