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Article says: "Talking to strangers can teach you things, deepen you, make you a better citizen, a better thinker, and a better person. It's a good way to live.
by rsiqueira 4y ago
Article says: "Talking to strangers can teach you things, deepen you, make you a better citizen, a better thinker, and a better person. It's a good way to live. But it's more than that. In a rapidly changing, infinitely complex, furiously polarised world, it's a way to survive."
"The study participants who interacted when buying their coffee reported feeling a stronger sense of belonging and an improved mood than those who didn't talk to the stranger."
- freemrkt8 4y agoPeople say the same after a long, solo walk in nature. A more apt headline would be “doing a variety of things instigated valuable state change in our biology.” Qualified answers are customization of well known generalizations.