| Totally fair. No, it was in line at the market, hanging in the park, the driver on a longer drive in a cab, Lyft, janitor, trades people... What I did was just be opportunistic. Tried to fill some of the time I had learning more about how to just talk with people and have them feel they can do the same. I had biases, mostly targeting normies and people who looked like they may have a story, rough or not. What I can also tell you is I have done this sort of thing in my past. It is a simple pleasure of business travel. What I did differently was avoid signaling "my camp", and tried to signal seeking more than anything else. If they were inclined to talk at all, I was frank and said I want perspective outside my familiar circles, so what is your take on... and go from there. Sometimes I did not offer mine at all, content to let them share what they thought a curious person from somewhere else might want to know. The primary thing I was interested in was arriving at a comfortable dialog state, like when you know it won't come back to bite, or be on the news, that sort of thing. And the things I put above inhibit reaching that state. |