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If you want to feel closer to your friends, you don’t need to overhaul your social life. Instead, experts suggest a small, manageable shift: Ask one deeper-than-usual question the next time you talk.

Recently, while traveling in Boston from New York, I had a free evening and decided to try something new: an app‑based dinner event. The app, Timeleft, matched me with a group of strangers for dinner.

Most of us still like to think of ourselves as people who can talk things through. We say we value openness, nuance and honest disagreement. We teach our children to use their words. We tell our ...