
Stop Underestimating Small Talk — It Might Be the Social Glue Holding Society Together
Small talk gets a bad rap, but science and common sense agree: those brief, seemingly trivial exchanges are more powerful than we think.

Small talk gets a bad rap, but science and common sense agree: those brief, seemingly trivial exchanges are more powerful than we think.

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Delia Lodge fears every hospital visit could expose her terminally ill daughter to deadly infections. She's now campaigning for change.