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In this treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, the author aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers - to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. The author uses a variety of examples from history and from headlines to illustrate that people size up the...
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"¿Cómo puede una relación sobrevivir y prosperar con el tiempo? Muchas relaciones comienzan por el miedo a estar solo y esto puede ser una invitación al fracaso si uno de los dos no piensa lo mismo. Qué fácil es sacar conclusiones basadas en señales superficiales de la otra persona; verte superado por sentimientos de felicidad y perder el sentido de la razón puede hacer que tomes la decisión equivocada. Aprende a comprender el carácter,...
4) Hablar con extraños: por qué es crucial (y tan difícil) leer las intenciones de los desconocidos
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
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