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|  | Author: Malcolm Gladwell
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Publisher: Hachette Audio
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Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Edition: Unabridged
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Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1586217194
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.44
EAN: 9781586217198
ASIN: 1586217194
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
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 Recognizing how to know...without thinking; A very useful tool! March 6, 2010
J 121 (Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having taken sociology as a minor in college, I personally found this book to be quite intriguing as Malcom Gladwell did an outstanding job in explaining and providing examples of how people react with one another or find themselves in certain situations from the perspective of utilizing the unconscious portion of one's mind. Simply put, the title of his book, says it all! His scientific approach to rapid cognition, along with other studies such as the race IAT, will leave you dumbfounded as you try to attempt to either shape, confirm, or deny your own opinion of how your perceive people of different races when you associate them with different words. I have always loved learning about people, social groups, and knowing why people behave or respond they way they do with other people and/or other cultures. This book just takes it a step further by explaining how people's rapid intuitiveness and instant judgment often provides a more accurate conclusion than what they would have otherwise spent large amounts of time thinking about only to surface with poor judgment aka the wrong answer/solution (in some cases....not all). If anything, this book will make you a bit more life smart/people smart/street smart in being more mindful and understanding of how people behave and make judgments...especially when judgments occur in the BLINK of an eye!
Absorbing and thought-provoking March 3, 2010
Karin Norgard (Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In this well-written and easy-to-read book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the ways our first impressions and judgments are formed. It approaches this theme from both the positive and negative points of view, showing how oftentimes our first instinct can be the correct one even when the evidence seems to show something different, while at other times our snap judgments can be based on faulty physiological and socially-conditioned mechanisms. Gladwell includes examples from a variety of disiplines, from science and war to marketing and the arts. Some reviewers have criticized the author for not providing more of science to validify his theory. However, Gladwell is not a scientist, and he is not attempting to posit a new and wide-ranging theory for the world to accept. Gladwell's strength is in making the science of everyday concepts accessible and applicable for readers who may not otherwise read about such a topic. The book succeeds in making the reader question and think about the conclusions we reach - both in the heat in the moment and after conscious deliberation. He also offers potential guidelines for deciding when each is preferrable. Some of the issues he probes are of vital importance in how individuals and institutions make decisions in a variety of fields, which makes his book of great importance as well as of great interest.
On a personal note, I found this book to intersect very nicely with some of my own research into the role of technique and structure in creativity, improvisation, and flow. The real-life examples Gladwell provides definitely make the topic engaging and alive, which I believe is very necessary in getting important messages across in a way that is accessible to people from a variety of backgrounds and education levels. So as a researcher and as a writer, I found Gladwell's book to be very valuable.
 interesting February 22, 2010
J. Pethers (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was interesting and I enjoy learning about common things on a deeper level. But I thought the book was a little contradictary. In some stories he talked about those first 2 seconds, the results of "thin slicing", and the appropriate response from it and other times the inappropriate response occurred. It had me a little confused. After reading the book (well really I listened to it on CD) I had to go and read what the book was about again. Then I realized more that it's about the "thin slicing" the right information in those first few seconds. Interesting information but I thought by the end of the book I would have learned how better to think without thinking and I don't think I did. I WOULD be interested in doing some of the facial expression recognition training videos he talked about though!
interesting stories, insightful topic February 22, 2010
Cherylene L. Henderson (San Antonio, TX USA)
engaging book. could not put it down. that is unusual for me as it usually takes me several weeks to read a book, much less for it to hold my interest. worthwhile reading.
 Interesting theories but writing can be redundant February 19, 2010
Patrick M. Carroll (Shanghai, China)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am still on my Malcolm Gladwell kick. What I enjoy about his books is that he finds the most interesting and quirky research to educate me about. You will learn things from this book that you aren't likely to learn in any other way. that being said, there are whole paragraphs that are redundant and extraneous and you can just skip over. I was fascinated by the research on race and instant recognition. I was also interested by what he learned about the Millennium Challenge and about New Coke. Very interesting stories and the idea of thin slicing is definitely something to consider. This book is worth your time.
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