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Inourcontemporaryculture，theprospectofcommunicatingwith-orevenlooking
at-astrangerisvirtuallyunbearableEveryonearoundusseemstoagreebytheway
theyfiddlewiththeirphones，evenwithouta1underground
It'sasadreality-ourdesiretoavoidinteractingwithotherhuman
beings-becausethere's2tobegainedfromtalkingtothestrangerstandingbyyou.
Butyouwouldn'tknowit，：
"Pleasedon'tapproachme."
Whatisitthatmakesusfeelweneedtohide5ourscreens
Oneanswerisfear,accordingtoJonWortmann,executivementalcoachWefear
rejection，orthatourinnocentsocialadvanceswillbe6as"creep,"Wefearwe'II
be7Wefearwe'IIbedisruptiveStrangersareinherently8tous，sowearemore
likelytofeel9whencommunicatingwiththemcomparedwithourfriendsand
acquaintancesToavoidthisanxiety,we10toourphones."Phonesbecomeoursecurity
blanket，"Wortmannsays."Theyareourhappy
glassesthatprotectusfromwhatweperceiveisgoingtobemore11."
Butonceweripoffthebandaid，tuckoursmartphonesinourpocketsandlook
up，itdoesn'，behavioralscientistsNicholas
EpleyandJulianaSchroederaskedcommuterstodotheunthinkable:
hadChicagotraincommuterstalktotheirfellow14."
askedotherpeopleinthesametrainstationto15howtheywouldfeelaftertalking
toastranger,thecommutersthoughttheir16wouldbemorepleasantiftheysat
ontheirown,"'texpect
apositiveexperience,afterthey17with
theexperiment,"notasinglepersonreportedhavingbeensnubbed."
18,thesecommuteswerereportedlymoreenjoyablecomparedwiththosesans
communication,whichmakesabsolutesense,19humanbeingsthriveoffofsocial
'sthat20:Talkingtostrangerscanmakeyoufeelconnected.
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