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Blink
Jul 10, 2005 21:25:30 GMT -5
Post by pieisgood on Jul 10, 2005 21:25:30 GMT -5
I just finished Blink (Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell).
Be warned that it's not a storybook but a book on psychology. It's about people's abilities to make "snap" decisions- decisions that are made in a very short amount of time or with a very small amount of knowledge.
It's a fairly easy read in terms of writing style, but the material is worth attention. Gladwell does an excellent job of presenting the material in an interesting but non-confusing way. He has a very distinctive writing style which I loved.
The book tends to go off topic quite often, but it's still interesting. I wound up not too convinced that "blink" thinking is really all that, but hey, did you know professional food tasters have a crispiness scale of 1-15?
Overall, I loved it. Definitely worth reading.
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