<h1 id="the-surprising-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers">The Surprising Benefits of Talking to Strangers<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#the-surprising-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers"></a></h1>
<h2 id="the-surprising-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers-1"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/08/why-we-should-talk-strangers-more/619642/">The Surprising Benefits of Talking to Strangers</a><a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#the-surprising-benefits-of-talking-to-strangers-1"></a></h2>
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<li>seed: <a title="Private" href="https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/hfyvYGJZQiUwQaaxQO27q.html" target="_blank" class="private">The Atlantic (Private)</a></li>
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<p>Notes</p>
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<li>talking to strangers can be rewarding because theres so little expectations <a class="color-tag" style="--tag-color: #ffa62b;" href="/notes/W7MMf8jQj5gMK6q9TVQLn">#MW</a></li>
<li>you forget other people are human sometimes in cities because there are so many people and you view them more as obstacles</li>
<li>something as small as a smile or a compliment is all it takes to make both parties get a connection</li>
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<h2 id="dating-in-delhi-when-youre-poor"><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28090158">Dating in Delhi when you're poor</a><a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#dating-in-delhi-when-youre-poor"></a></h2>
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<li>source: <a title="Private" href="https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/hfyvYGJZQiUwQaaxQO27q.html" target="_blank" class="private">Reuters (Private)</a></li>
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<p>Notes</p>
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<li>heard story from <a title="Private" href="https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/hfyvYGJZQiUwQaaxQO27q.html" target="_blank" class="private">@ilana (Private)</a> about <em>decency police</em> that break up couples in parks, makes more sense in context of this <a class="color-tag" style="--tag-color: #ffa62b;" href="/notes/W7MMf8jQj5gMK6q9TVQLn">#MW</a></li>
<li>there are certain things that always get me - the scale of the cosmos and the disparity in incomes <a class="color-tag" style="--tag-color: #ffa62b;" href="/notes/W7MMf8jQj5gMK6q9TVQLn">#MW</a></li>
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The Surprising Benefits of Talking to Strangers

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