Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Attractive title, strong explanation about our unconscious thoughts, but sudden ending. Would had been better if author is able to tell us how to harness our unconscious.

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I have kite runner, outliers, tipping point. I need to get this as well. I think through the small cracks that most would miss, Gladwell fills these cracks with knowledge.

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"This a terrific book! The author does a deep analysis of how human decision making works with lots of cases. "

Reading _How We Decide_ reminded me of this book, which describes how quick, impulsive guesses are likely to result in the right choices. It's a fascinating read, but it doesn't really do much to explain why this is the case, or provide guidance for when it's untrustworthy.

Another cool book by Gladwell. Gives insight into when to be thoughtful and when to go with your gut.

The gist of the book was excellent -- many parts, less engaging, such as the soda, and police tactics after the first round of explanation. The theoretical premise made for interesting considerations. - Ruth D. Hochman

"Blink" addresses some interesting questions about "intuitive" vs "analytic" decision making. I was negatively impressed, however, by some of the material in Chapter 4 about medical decision making. I was made aware early in my medical training that some gifted and experienced physicians can rapidly reach accurate perceptions about patients and can't adequately explain their reasoning. Although they knew a lot about analytics, they obviously made intuitive leaps that they had difficulty explaining. But I think Gladwell over-simplifies and trivializes the issues in Chapter 4, and that makes me suspicious of his reasoning and reporting in other parts of the book. Those who are very interested may wish to review some of the published discussion by Goldman <<http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199712043372302#t=article>> and by Reilly <<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12117399>>. In my reading of these articles, the issues are more complex and nuanced, the outcomes a lot less clear, than Gladwell's book suggests. 

Review: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. As he displays again in this entertaining and illuminating look at how we make ... Read full review