Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Written by Malcolm Gladwell.
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Rebecca Adler thinks this book is Good.
Blink is a book about thinking without thinking. In other words it's about all of the little things our brain picks up and reacts to without us even realizing it's happening. Gladwell discusses how we pick up on a person's mood by their subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) facial expressions. There's a section on how we profile people based on how they look and talk without even realizing we're doing it.
Another section discusses how autistic people lack the ability to make these split second decisions our brain makes for us. We instinctively know what someone is thinking or where we should look if there's a loud noise to our left, but autistics have to be told these things specifically. Gladwell cites a number of studies that show just how important our subconcious is in our everyday lives.
Overall I thought the book was really interesting, although I wish there would have been more about the science or physiology of how our brain makes these instantaneous decisions for us.
Rocky thinks this book is Worth Reading.
I agree with the dude above me. Some of the examples that the author has given really make u think.
I love books that show us how our mind works, what triggers our thought process, what makes us tick, angry, happy, all of that gud stuff.
For all those who feel the same. Do read this book