Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
The #1 New York Times and top ten Sunday Times bestseller’I love this book . . . reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news – the world. Reading this book changed me’ Oprah WinfreyThe highly anticipated new book from Malcolm Gladwell, international bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw and David and Goliath The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger’s motives?Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings – from history, psychology and infamous legal cases – Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.No one challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Here he uses stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our thinking in these troubled times.
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The #1 New York Occasions and high ten Sunday Occasions bestseller’I really like this guide . . . studying it would truly change not simply the way you see strangers, however the way you take a look at your self, the information – the world. Studying this guide modified me’ Oprah WinfreyThe extremely anticipated new guide from Malcolm Gladwell, worldwide bestselling creator of The Tipping Level, Blink, Outliers, What the Canine Noticed and David and Goliath The routine site visitors cease that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected on the highest ranges of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why can we so usually get different folks incorrect? Why is it so exhausting to detect a lie, learn a face or choose a stranger’s motives?By way of a collection of encounters and misunderstandings – from historical past, psychology and notorious authorized instances – Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an mental journey into the darker aspect of human nature, the place strangers are by no means easy and misreading them can have disastrous penalties.Nobody challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Right here he makes use of tales of deceit and deadly errors to forged doubt on our methods for coping with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our pondering in these troubled occasions.
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