TED Books: When Strangers Meet : How People You Don't Know Can Transform You (Hardcover)

from LynnB

In this short book, Kio Stark examines the possibilities that become available to us if we take the time to notice and talk to strangers we encounter as we go about our busy days. I was intrigued by this idea, and by the sub-title, "How People You Don't Know Can Transform You". I was, however, di...

from Paul-the-well-read

I was disappointed in this short book. I had read a synopsis of it and it sounded interesting, but, frankly, it really didn't say anything I didn't already know. The research included was illuminating, but really only served to reinforce ideas and conclusions I had already reached. From smiling a...

from rivkat

Advocates for talking to strangers as a way of reinforcing, and surprising ourselves (and our interlocutors) with, the humanity of other people. Suggests that voluntary encounters with strangers can be deeply intimate and rewarding in ways that encounters with people we already “know” often aren'...

from CarrieWuj

3.5 This is a TED book, which means it was originally a TED talk (which I have not seen) and expanded a little. It's cute -- like a gift book with substance. Kio Stark's premise is that talking to strangers is fun and important (oversimplified) and she does have some caveats about safety and appr...