The Power of Strangers
Author: Keohane, Joe
ISBN: 9780241399132
Publisher: Viking
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 222mm x 145mm x 34mm
Format: Hardback
Description
An exploration of why we don't talk to strangers and the wonderful things that would happen if we did.
In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution?
In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come from talking to strangers, examining how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, witty, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers, showing you how talking to strangers is not just a way to live, it's a way to survive.
ISBN: 9780241399132
Publisher: Viking
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 222mm x 145mm x 34mm
Format: Hardback
Description
An exploration of why we don't talk to strangers and the wonderful things that would happen if we did.
In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution?
In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come from talking to strangers, examining how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, witty, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers, showing you how talking to strangers is not just a way to live, it's a way to survive.
