Talking to Strangers
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What’s it about?
A forensic investigation into why we systematically fail to understand strangers, from spies and con artists to tragic police encounters, revealing the hidden flaws in how we judge others.
You’ll learn
- We default to truth, making us vulnerable to deception
- We are terrible lie detectors, misreading nervousness
- Behavior is coupled to context, not just character
- People are not transparent; we overestimate our reads