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i’ll be watching you

Eavesdropping on private conversations, watching morning routines on TikTok, passing time spying on those who randomly enter our orbit – why are we so curious about the mundane activities of people we don’t know?

It might be because we’re a bit nosy, but mainly it’s because we’re human. Turns out it’s natural to be inquisitive about random strangers and there’s a lot that goes into it. For example, there are three brain networks that play crucial roles when we people watch, according to journal article “The Neuroscience of People Watching: How the Human

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