Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

They also teach you how to interact with someone.

And the thing my father taught me the most, he is probably the most social guy I ever knew is, you know, just ask an open-ended question to someone.

You know, we used to go take car trips and drive into town and go to a diner and he would ask, you know, the waitress.

And invariably in those days, it was a waitress.

It's like, you know,

What's interesting to do around here?

Are you from here?

Did your family move here?

And just simple, open-ended questions.

And you end up sparking a conversation and learning about people.

You're happier.

They're happier.

You've maybe gotten some information.

And we, I think, in our society, tend to poo-poo those kind of weak interactions way too much.

And we don't think about how to use them.

So I still take the train from Washington to Philly and Philly to Washington.

And the 7 o'clock to sell up from Washington to Philly, there was this guy who was a conductor.

And I had a book out.

It's actually on my bookshelf, King, A Life by Jonathan Icke.

And I was in the midst of reading it.