Talking to Strangers Episode 3

Show Notes

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. So many things to talk about with this book in the group chat: default to truth, relationships, oppression, the Holy Fool and more.

Discussion Points:

Personal journals
The illusion of asymmetric insight - do you think you know more about someone else than they do about you?
The Holy Fool
Do you default to truth?
Relationships and red flags - do you see the truth when there are signs that they are lying?
Data versus interactions - how much does personal interaction change the way you interpret data?
How does race and gender oppression affect sentencing and assessment of situations?
Was this book upsetting to you?
Group enhancements - do you follow the group?
Love and marriage

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Book Interrupted Website

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell Books

Revisionist History

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Untamed by Glennon Doyle