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| Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking | 
enlarge | Author: Malcolm Gladwell Publisher: Penguin Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 67 reviews Sales Rank: 132
Media: Paperback Pages: 288 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0141014598 EAN: 9780141014593 ASIN: 0141014598
Publication Date: February 23, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Interesting stories, no thesis February 22, 2005 19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Gladwell tells some interesting stories in this book but they are held together by the most flimsy hypothesis. It isn't popular science nor is it cultural observation (like Tipping Point). Instead you often wonder what the point of the book is. Most usefully it is a starting point to explore a few of the ideas he brings to view (like implicit prejudice) but you'll read the book and leave with the feeling that you've been slightly ripped off (intellectually at least). I'd save the money if I could do it again.
This book seems unfinished February 14, 2005 65 out of 77 found this review helpful
I am slightly disappointed with this book. As a reader who really enjoyed Gladwell's previous book 'The Tipping Point' I had looked forward to his new book. In some respects the book is like I hoped it would be: the topic choice is very interesting, the writing style is smooth and entertaining, the many anecdotes are very enjoyable and there are some interesting descriptions of experiments. Anyone should be able to pick up some interesting stories, points, facts and views from this book. What disappoints me though is that the book does not really deliver what it promises. In the introduction chapter the author promises to answer three questions: 1) Can Blink-descisions be as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately, 2) When should we trust our instincts and when should we be wary of them?, 3) (how) can our snap judgments and first impressions be educated and controlled? Although the many stories in the book certainly imply many clues to answers to these questions, explicit answers to these three questions are not clearly given. In fact, when I finished reading I felt like the author had forgotten to include an concluding and integrating chapter in which he would explicitly answer these questions and summarize and conclude. But that chapter is really missing. Due to that the book really lacks clarity. Although this book is disappointing I won't stop following Gladwell's writings. His previous book was better than this one and I'll bethis next one will be better too.
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