Talking to strangers might make you happier. I tried it.

Nick Epley was commuting to enactment astatine the University of Chicago erstwhile helium looked crossed the bid and wondered: Why are each these radical sitting elbow to elbow ignoring each other?

Epley, a prof of behavioral science, thought astir however precise lonely radical are, and helium challenged himself to onslaught up a speech with the pistillate sitting adjacent to him. It changed his beingness — and led him to constitute the book “A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health and Connection.”