The #1 New York Occasions and high ten Sunday Occasions bestsellerThe routine 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 will we so typically get different folks incorrect? Why is it so onerous to detect a lie, learn a face or decide a stranger’s motives?Utilizing tales of deceit and deadly errors to forged doubt on our methods for coping with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an mental journey into the darker facet of human nature, the place strangers are by no means easy and misreading them can have disastrous penalties.
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
The #1 New York Times and top ten Sunday Times bestsellerThe 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?Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, 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.
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