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Joe Keohane

The Power of Strangers

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An interrogation of why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and why it affects everything from the rise and fall of nations to personal health and wellbeing, in the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Rutger Bregman's HumankindWhen was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we stand in silent buses and tube carriages, barely acknowledging one another. Online, we retreat into silos and carefully curate who we interact with. But while we often fear strangers, or blame them for the ills of society, history and science show us that they are actually our solution. Throughout human history, our attitude to the strang… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-241-39913-2
  • EAN: 9780241399132
  • Produktnummer: 32285956
  • Verlag: Penguin Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Masse: H22.2 cm x B13.8 cm

Über den Autor


Joe Keohane first saw interaction with strangers as the son of a funeral director. He has since practised talking with strangers as a journalist who has written and edited many types of stories for publications including Esquire, New York magazine, Wired, the Boston Globe and New Republic. He has also been the executive editor of Entrepreneur magazine. This is his first trade book.

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