The Social Biome

Andy J. Merolla, Jeffrey A. Hall

The Social Biome
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Yale University Press
Country
United States
Published
4 March 2025
Pages
256
ISBN
9780300272147

The Social Biome

Andy J. Merolla, Jeffrey A. Hall

A deep dive into the importance of daily communication and how we can harness its power to create a better life

We spend much of our waking lives communicating with others. How does each moment of interaction shape not only our relationships but also our worldviews? And how can we create moments of connection that improve our health and well-being, particularly in a world in which people are feeling increasingly isolated?

Drawing from their extensive research, Andy J. Merolla and Jeffrey A. Hall establish a new way to think about our relational life: as existing within "social biomes"-complex ecosystems of moments of interaction with others. Each interaction we have, no matter how unimportant or mundane it might seem, is a building block of our identities and beliefs. Consequently, the choices we make about how we interact and who we interact with-and whether we interact at all-matter more than we might know. Merolla and Hall offer a sympathetic, practical guide to our vital yet complicated social lives and propose realistic ways to embrace and enhance connection and hope.

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