Talking to Strangers Episode 3

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