What Is Talking to Strangers About?

Talking to Strangers studies miscommunication, interactions and assumptions people make when dealing with those that they don't know.

What is the summary of how do you talk to strangers?

“Talking to Strangers” looks at the ways we do harm by failing to understand one another, a problem he investigates through the child-abuse scandal involving Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the deceptions of financier Bernie Madoff and the TV ...

What is the theme of talking to strangers?

This is what Mr. Gladwell, in his new book, “Talking to Strangers,” calls “default to truth.” Human beings are by nature trusting — of people, technology, everything. Often, we're too trusting, with tragic results. But if we didn't suppress thoughts of worst-case scenarios, we'd never leave the house.