Title: Modest book, important insights
Product review: Lanier gives fair warning that her book is little more generalization, but that is it's strength. She does not waste the reader's time, but sets out her whole understanding in 128 pages, stating concepts clearly and embellishing with only the most illustrative examples from her real-world experience.Each chapter explores a particular dimension of social relation, examining what one might value and consider when interacting with others. She shows how tradeoffs between differing concerns creates a continuum upon which each culture lies.Even if her generalized distinctions between warm and cold climates are not quite perfect, Lanier's insight helps reveal the values articulated in social interaction, even in one's own culture. She has helped me to see why things are done the way they are, and to appreciate someone's motives when they are done the "wrong" way.
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