Consequential Strangers  Why All Relationships Matter  Occupy
Wall Street: Just Say No to the Bullies  The 1% needs to learn
to "share."  "If they sent you over to cover the Gulf War," I
was once told, "you'd somehow turn it into a story about
relationships." What's wrong with seeing the world through a
social lens? In 2009, I wrote a book documenting the importance,
for better or worse, of "consequential strangers"—everyone other
than family and close friends. Most of these acquaintances are
beneficial, bringing novelty, new energy, and support into your
life. Others can make your life miserable.  So when a friend
recently theorized that Occupy Wall Street is the latest sign
that people are standing up to bullies, I immediately saw her
point. That Kaddafi was brutally stoned and shot to death
bolstered her argument. And weren't the various civil rights
movements essentially a case of victims rising up against their
oppressors? Coincidentally, this conversation took place a few
days after New Jersey passed it