talking to strangers

This piece by Markham Heid reached Hacker News , so it reached me. I gave it a go since is a topic that I have already thought of several times. I listen to music . Used to do it even more, a freaking lot, like most of the day, both awake and asleep. That includes having headphones with me while walking, on the bus, train, etc. Even when I was at school I always had my headphones hanging from the…