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Blink · Nov 27, 06:13 PM

Malcom Gladwell, in Blink, wanders from anecdote to anecdote searching to illustrate the thin-slice—those snap judgements and first impressions that the non-conscious human mind makes correctly or incorrectly with very little data. He argues that they affect our decisions and thinking more than we recognize. Along the way he pulls in wide-ranging examples that kept my interest—trombone auditions, product marketting, line-of-fire decision-making, autism, and the instinct of the expert.

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  1. But why, oh why, didn’t he have a section on thin slicing NY Pizza?

    This book seriously helped me understand that when my jaw is clenched and my face is red and my manner is stiff and I then say, “No, I’m not angry.”... I’m lying. My body knows more than my silly cerebrum. So… I stopped lying.

    — Chris    Nov 28, 12:37 PM    #

  2. It’s strange that “you” are bigger than your conscious parts. It’s like being in charge of a Dr. Seussian factory full of incomprehensible mechanisms and tools that you cannot fully understand.

    — Tom    Nov 29, 08:15 PM    #

  3. I HEART MALCOLM GLADWELL!!! I WANTED TO HAVE HIS BABEEZ AFTER “THE TIPPIN G POINT”!!! HE = WAY HOTTER THAN KARL MARX + NICK LACHEY PUT TOGETHER HEHEHEHE GRRR!!! WASSUP TOM IT’S AZNGRRL2005 BRINGIN DOWN THE IQ QUOTIENT OF YER WEBSITE!!!! MAD LUV, DOG!

    — Katie    Dec 2, 08:27 PM    #

  4. W00! Wher ub@ lately, GF?! No AoE aktion im gettn fr4ntik ^here!

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    — Tom    Dec 2, 09:18 PM    #

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