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Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make.

Never again will you think about thinking the same way. Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the wo Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within.

Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept?

Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance.

Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews.

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Blink , please sign up. Interesting, but too long to cover the ideas mentioned in this book. The book is worth reading, especially if you are a very patient person. But why it should be so long? Navi Singh Bhati It's long because he tried to compile facts not fiction. The research part is what makes it a bit heavy read. It does require a lot of patience but in …more It's long because he tried to compile facts not fiction.

It does require a lot of patience but in the end, it's worth it. Nuno I wouldn't say it's boring, but a bit repetitive. I actually didn't finish reading because I didn't think I would get a lot more from it. See all 9 questions about Blink…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3.

Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 18, Matt Kosinski rated it it was ok. Here's Blink in a nutshell: Split decisions can be good; better than decisions where we take a lot of time to carefully weigh our options and use scientific evidence. Except when they're not. Rapid cognition is an exciting and powerful way to use your brain's quick, intuitive capabilities to make stunningly accurate decisions, and can even lead you to have better success in sports, business and politics.

Except when it won't. We should learn to trust our snap judgments, even in seemingly complex si Here's Blink in a nutshell: Split decisions can be good; better than decisions where we take a lot of time to carefully weigh our options and use scientific evidence.

We should learn to trust our snap judgments, even in seemingly complex situations where we don't have a lot of information. Except not really. Basically the book gives scientific and anecdotal evidence on why rapid cognition can be both a good and bad thing, without offering us much advise on how to tell the difference between situations where we should or shouldn't trust our instincts.

There are many times when I felt that Gladwell contradicted himself. To support his "rapid cognition is good" section of the book, he uses an example of a psychological test where students were able to tell whether or not a professor was good at their job by simply watching a 5 second clip of them lecturing with the sound turned off.

The results basically corresponded with impressions given by other students who spent an entire class with those professors - thus proving that there is some mysterious and powerful part of our subconscious that can make accurate snap judgments. But then later on in the book, in the "rapid cognition is bad" section, Gladwell warns us that, in general, people instantly like tall, attractive white people better than short, unattractive minorities.

Mystery solved! While Gladwell brings up some interesting concepts, his book never gels into a coherent whole. I read most of it in under a day and already my rapid cognition is telling me it's not worth finishing. View all 85 comments. Apr 29, Doc Opp rated it did not like it. As an empirical psychologist by training, I get very annoyed at journalists who simplify things to the point that its no longer even remotely accurate.

Such is the case for Blink. This is especially annoying to me, because the book describes my area of research specialization. If you're interested in a fun read, Gladwell is certainly an engaging author. If you're looking for something that accurately describes the research, I'd recommend looking elsewhere. For example, Scott Plous's "the psychol As an empirical psychologist by training, I get very annoyed at journalists who simplify things to the point that its no longer even remotely accurate.

For example, Scott Plous's "the psychology of judgment and decision making" which, despite the title, is not textbook like , or the Heath brothers' "Made to stick".

View all 34 comments. Jun 05, Sanjay Gautam rated it liked it. Blink is- what all the stories, case studies, and arguments add up to- an attempt to understand the magical and mysterious thing called Judgement.

Its basic premise is: split second decisions snap judgements ; how they can be good and bad. Gladwell suggests split-seconds decisions are better than the decisions where we take considerable time to weigh our choices and options. He points out that our mind figure things, people, et al. And it is often that these snap judge Blink is- what all the stories, case studies, and arguments add up to- an attempt to understand the magical and mysterious thing called Judgement.

And it is often that these snap judgements are much more trustworthy than judgements arrived at rationally. But he does not stop here and goes on further: snap judgements can be misleading, too; he termed it Warren Harding error.

He suggested that there are some instinctive processes that prevent us to see clearly; and hence cloud our judgements. Blink is an interesting read. It is very well written, and at the same time engages your attention from the start. And writing is reader friendly, perfectly suitable for a layman.

View all 13 comments. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell The author describes the main subject of his book as "thin-slicing": our ability to use limited information from a very narrow period of experience to come to a conclusion. The book begins with the story of the Getty Kouros Archaic Greek sculptors reduced human anatomy and musculature in these statues to decorative patterning on the surface of the marble.

Paul Getty Museum in California. It was Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell The author describes the main subject of his book as "thin-slicing": our ability to use limited information from a very narrow period of experience to come to a conclusion.

It was thought by many experts to be legitimate, but when others first looked at it, their initial responses were skeptical. For example, George Despinis, head of the Acropolis Museum in Athens, said "Anyone who has ever seen a sculpture coming out of the ground could tell that thing has never been in the ground". Oct 15, Ashley rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: everyone. Shelves: oct-to-dec-only. I would put this book in the category of "Freakonomics" and "The Tipping Point.

While I have read some negative reviews of Gladwell's book, mostly citing that he fails to inform the reader how to know when to go with your gut and w I would put this book in the category of "Freakonomics" and "The Tipping Point.

While I have read some negative reviews of Gladwell's book, mostly citing that he fails to inform the reader how to know when to go with your gut and when not to, as well as arguments that he urges readers not to follow their gut when the gut instincts are politically incorrect, I have to disagree with many of them.

I think that Gladwell's objective in "Blink" is to make the reader simply aware of their gut instincts and to urge them to consider trusting it more frequently than we do. People tend to make decisions that are supported by a litany of rationalizations and explanations, but do we always really have reasons for why we do or think what we do? On the flip side, he also argues that sometimes we unconsciously make negative decisions based on that same quick judgment and our predetermined stereotypes, such as with people of other sexes or other races than ourselves.

View all 7 comments. Gladwell gets so into the interesting details of the case he's building, he really doesn't emphasize the final conclusions of the book at all, leaving people to think that the interesting details are the whole point, which is unfortunate.

Most of the folks I know think that this book is about how a person's gut instincts can be a better read of a situa I think this book wins my prize for Most Easily Misinterpreted to Serve Personal Agendas. Most of the folks I know think that this book is about how a person's gut instincts can be a better read of a situation than a read based on thorough study.

Which is an idea that most people love, since they don't want to have to do all that boring study anyhow. What's missing from that analysis is that Gladwell later insists but only at the very end of the book, and almost in passing that it's the thorough active training and study of a subject that allow a person to have "true" or "correct" gut reads.

The guy who can tell who's getting divorced after 60 seconds of hearing them talk spent years coding verbal and physical cues in couples, studying them intensely for years before he was able to give his 60 second analysis. The art historians were drawing on a vast body of knowledge when they made their judgment about the statue.

The cop who read fear instead of aggression and didn't shoot couldn't name what he was seeing, but he'd seen it before. Then he also says that our gut reactions can be easily colored by training we don't even know is there- our prejudices, whether unknown or unacknowledged- influence or reads of a situation as well.

Ultimately, I saw this book as a reaction to and analysis of the Amadou Diallo killing in , with some tips for how to avoid such future tragedies. In that light, I thought it was interesting and even constructive, but only if you pay close attention to the last chapter.

View all 4 comments. Dec 17, Diane rated it really liked it Shelves: nonfiction , sociology-psychology. O, to have the writing career of Malcolm Gladwell. The man pulls interesting case studies from academic research and news headlines, spins it into a book under a general theme, and blammo! He has a bestseller. This formula worked for him with The Tipping Point and then Blink. Blink is a compelling read, despite its weak overall theme, which is that sometimes split-second decisions are good and sometimes they're bad, and we need to learn when to trust our first impressions and when to discount th O, to have the writing career of Malcolm Gladwell.

Blink is a compelling read, despite its weak overall theme, which is that sometimes split-second decisions are good and sometimes they're bad, and we need to learn when to trust our first impressions and when to discount them except there's no real way to make that distinction. The book is a pleasure to read simply because of its case studies. Gladwell throws in so many topics — art, politics, marriage, consumer testing, athletes, war, police shootings, music — that there is bound to be something engaging for everyone.

My rating: 3. View all 10 comments. Nov 09, Kemper rated it really liked it Shelves: blinded-me-with-science , non-fiction. I had a bad feeling about it that I could only later explain, and I was far from the only one. And we were right. The entire thing turned out to be a huge disaster. I kept thinking about that incident when I read Blink. The book has a pretty obvious point.

Sometimes these decisions are correct and amazing based on the limited amount of information available. Art experts who instantly know a statue is fake despite scientific tests indicating otherwise. On a third paradigm, Payne et al. Recently, these research points were criticized as possibly overrating the contribution of strictly unconscious processes to behavioral control Newell and Shanks, While Gigerenzer and Dijksterhuis evince reasoning to be either conscious or unconscious, Gladwell demonstrates them as a process wherein the unconscious thought dominates for the first 2 s.

BLINK is highly suitable for readers who crave to understand the complexities of human mind and decisions. Patience is a necessity and passion a prerequisite to absorb the hidden truths about your own mind while you read BLINK!

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Dijksterhuis, A. Think different: the merits of unconscious thought in preference development and decision making. Gigerenzer, G. Short Cuts to Better Decision Making. London: Penguin. Gladwell, M. The Tipping Point From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. Outliers From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent"….

David and Goliath Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the…. Gladwell explains that when we are thin-slicing or making our snap judgment, we've got a locked door i.

It takes you in for a run when you read that snap decisions or split second decisions can take you astray. Gladwell deeply elaborates why and where can our mindreading abilities fail. He then spins your attention to the ability of problem solving—which involves a great deal of decision making. Some problem solving requires a flash of insight while some logic based-ones require explanations.

However, trying to reflect or explain insightful problem solving can actually undermine the ability to insight! Dijksterhuis in his recent research supported this possibility by reporting evidence that unconscious thinkers may make better decisions than conscious thinkers. On a third paradigm, Payne et al. Recently, these research points were criticized as possibly overrating the contribution of strictly unconscious processes to behavioral control Newell and Shanks, While Gigerenzer and Dijksterhuis evince reasoning to be either conscious or unconscious, Gladwell demonstrates them as a process wherein the unconscious thought dominates for the first 2 s.

BLINK is highly suitable for readers who crave to understand the complexities of human mind and decisions. Patience is a necessity and passion a prerequisite to absorb the hidden truths about your own mind while you read BLINK! The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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