Talking to strangers: Intention, competence, and opportunity
The framework identifies obstacles and strategies to promote conversations between strangers, focusing on intention, competence, and opportunity, and suggests directions for future research.
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We have no choice but to talk to strangers, especially in our modern, borderless world. We aren’t living in villages anymore.
Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle, Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others... — Timothy Leary
Strangers, unconnected to our pasts and, in most cases, to our futures, are easier to experiment around. They create a temporary freedom to pilot-test what we might become, however untethered that identity is to what we have been. They allow us to try out new sides. In front of a stranger, we are free to choose what we want to show, hide, or even i
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