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A review by sbookreader
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Gladwell argues his points well. I think there are cultural factors he hasn’t accounted for that play into how we interact with other people, but they don’t negate the general thrust of his argument that most people want to believe that humans are good, and default to that in their interactions with others. He did verge on excusing extremely harmful behaviour at a couple of points by redirecting the blame but then smoothed that out with elaborations on the topic. Still not an easy read by any means and I expect that those who would most benefit from reflecting on their behaviour will neither see this nor benefit from its advice. 
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