![]() As a result, you also likely underestimate how satisfying deeper conversations with those beyond close friends and family will actually be. Our research suggests that assumption is misguided: You likely underestimate how much other people, especially strangers, care about the meaningful information you have to share. There is an obvious puzzle here: If small talk is so mediocre, then why do we spend so much time engaged in it? One obvious answer is that we think deep conversations are pleasant with good friends but would be awkward or inappropriate with an indifferent stranger. Small talk is conversation’s purgatory, biding time waiting for the good stuff. The more time people spend in small talk, in contrast, the more likely they are to feel – well, not much of anything in particular. This is a wise inclination: Behavioral science research consistently finds that the more deep and intimate conversations people have on a given day, the happier they are that day. In surveys we have conducted, most people said they wished they had more meaningful conversations in their daily lives. Given such shallow exchanges, you’d be excused for wondering whether another period of social distancing would be preferable. “Terrible weather we’re having, isn’t it?” This could mean returning to the dreaded world of small talk. AFP file photoĪS Covid-19 cases continue to drop, Americans who have been careful about social distancing are coming out of social hibernation and meeting new people again. ![]() Behavioral science research consistently finds that the more deep and intimate conversations people have on a given day, the happier they are that day.
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