The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World

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Price
$20.00  $18.60
Publisher
Random House Trade
Publish Date
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 0.8 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781984855794

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About the Author
Joe Keohane is a veteran journalist who has held high-level editing positions at Medium, Esquire, Entrepreneur, and Hemispheres. His writing--on everything from politics, to travel, to social science, business, and technology--has appeared in New York magazine, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Wired, Boston magazine, The New Republic, and several textbooks. An avid parallel parker and occasional working musician, he also won a prestigious Screenwriters Colony fellowship in 2017 for a comedy television pilot that remains, sadly, unproduced.
Reviews
"This is one of those remarkable books you may not realize you're going to love (or need) until you're well into it. The Power of Strangers is deeply and gamely researched, lucidly and engagingly written (as if by a pal), informative, thought-provoking, playful, useful, and possibly life-changing. What a great way to start the post-pandemic."--Kurt Andersen, author of Fantasyland and Evil Geniuses

"In a thrilling, immersive journey across time and continents, Keohane upends everything we thought we knew about the people we don't know."--Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling

"Joe Keohane has changed my life. The very thought of talking to strangers has always given me mild nausea and stress sweats. But after reading this book, I've been converted. The Power of Strangers is an important tool in rescuing our tribal, smartphone-obsessed world. If you see me on the street, please say hi, so we can discuss it."--A. J. Jacobs, author of Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

"Why do people feel so disconnected, divided, and alone? Could a simple fix lead to increased happiness, ingenuity, health, and attraction? In this perfect post-pandemic read, Joe Keohane answers these questions--illustrating via scientifically backed evidence and engaging real-life examples how talking to strangers can address many of the biggest problems facing our societies and ourselves, and how it is far easier than we think."--Sarah J. Tracy, Ph.D., professor, The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University

"Thank Zeus, human nature, and the brilliant Joe Keohane for The Power of Strangers, an illuminating, witty--and dare I say life-affirming--blend of psychology, anthropology, and lived human experience. I never knew, before now, why strangers are chattier at farmers markets than in supermarkets, or why the vital and broadly applicable craft of listening (and the gift of being listened to) feels so good. God knows this book is timely and necessary, in this struggling republic of ours. I not only love it, I'm grateful for it."--Paige Williams, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Science, and the Global Quest for Fossils