Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

"It took me a while to start it, but once I finally did, it was so interesting I finished it really fast. It's a non-fiction book about how our snap judgments can often be our best judgments, and in the blink of a moment a very quick decision or a quick judgment is often the one that makes the most sense. Does it make me more aware of how I react to things? Yes, I think it does. I think that after reading Blink, I am more likely to trust my instant judgments, and I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'm sure there are some circumstances where you shouldn't do that, but sometimes it's probably good.

I think I would have to research more until I can fully agree with all of the arguments. Just with any non-fiction book, I think that that's a good idea; but I'm probably not gonna take the time to do that. [laughs] So the only thing I don't like about it is that I have these viewpoints now that I'm not really willing to research in order to justify, but I will incorporate them into my frame of living.

Anyone interested in psychology or sociology, those kinds of things, would be interested in the book. If anyone else had read another book by him called The Tipping Point, I think they -- if they liked that book they probably would like this book, too. I would give Blink four stars out of five."

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