London tries next revolution in connectivity: talking, not Tweeting

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people still don't know one another very well. That's the premise of Theodore Zeldin's "feast of conversations" -- events where individuals pair with persons they don't know for three hours of guided talk designed to get past "Where are you from?" Ten years ago, Zeldin decided that were he living in the 16th century, he'd want to explore America. If he were in the 20th century, it would be the solar system. Today, the frontier is man.