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How Did You End Up Here?: The Surprising Ways Our Questions Connect Us (2013)

by Davy Rothbart(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

TED Conference, LLC

review 1: The founder of Found magazine is spreading his gospel of stranger voyeurism by teaching us his methods in this book. The book opens up with a touching story about his dad, flows into something that seems like it would be useful, and then turns out to be total creeperdom. In a nutshell, he's giving us fodder for and convincing us to talk to strangers more often. While I will remember to ask strangers about their travels more often, I will not be asking them how they lost their virginity or if they've seen a dead body. Everyone has interesting stories that pair with these questions. Ok, everyone or just me? I guess that's the point - finding out how similar we are by getting beyond "how are you?". But social decorum is to just not ask about some things. And I'm ok wi... moreth that.
review 2: This is definitely a funny read that also offers some interesting questions to ask others or yourself. Some of the questions are good. But I had hoped for more thought provoking ones as I heard of this book through TED. But I do agree with the experience that amazing things come from meeting strangers and starting to talk to them beyond small talk... I also learned from this book never to loose your "not-to-do" list... less

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