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We're taught that strangers equal danger. Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, discovered a way to foster trust and solve that bias.

Smarter Faster: The "stranger danger" bias

The "stranger danger" bias

Why it is important to trust people you don't know.

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The "stranger danger" bias

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