Joe Keohane

The Power of Strangers

The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World

Buch

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger?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 th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-241-98642-4
EAN: 9780241986424
Produktnummer: 36412027
Verlag: Penguin Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.1 cm 245 g
Gewicht: 245

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.