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

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2.5

I was tempted to give it 3 stars as I finished it but I had noticed that I had skipped through entire chapters because it felt as if Gladwell was neglecting other important factors. However, I really like the FBI/CIA story of how we all default to the truth even at the highest levels of government. So pretty much around 9 hours later, most of what I got from this was that humans are terrible lie detectors. 

Another triggering time was when Gladwell indirectly blamed alcohol for rape and another was when he blamed the woman who was murdered in a police shooting. 

Do I get the sense that Gladwell is a straight, white, cis-male? Absolutely. 
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