the book “Blink” By Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell describes his theory on thin slicing‚ how it works and how we can utilize this unconscious tool for our own benefit. Thin slicing is when the unconscious mind automatically identifies patterns developed from past experiences and makes what Gladwell calls snap judgments. He shows several examples of when thin slicing can be beneficial as well as a few flaws in the slicing process. One of the main points to the thin slicing process is that only small
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Among the thought provoking topics Gladwell presents in Blink‚ I found slicing as one the most interesting. The idea that short snippets of information can potentially allow more accurate perceptions of people and situations than longer periods with in-depth study and exposure to information. The awareness of the unconscious realizations occurring much quicker and more accurately than cognitive thought‚ inspires additional pontificate on ways to cut through the noise that interferes with conscious
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Into Thin Air takes place in the area around and on Mount Everest in the year 1996. This is significant because at that altitude‚ the oxygen level isn’t as high as it would be at sea level. With their brains not receiving enough oxygen‚ the climbers were not able to think at their full mental capacity. Therefore many simple mistakes were made that should not have been. High altitude cerebral edema and high altitude pulmonary edema caused problems with some of the climbers and Sherpas. Beck Weather’s
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Marriage and Morse code‚and Importance of contempt. In these chapters Gladwell observes and explains how much you can find out about a person‚and relationships by watching clips to viewing a room to labeling a marriage. Gladwell gets to experience how marriage can turn from better to worse. Blink introduces us to the power of thin-slicing by doing experiments. Take the Love Lab where physiologist John Gottman has been thin-slicing the way
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In the documentary‚ Dying to be Thin‚ dancers and regular people are asked about the pressure to be thin. This video has taught me that in our society being extremely skinny is considered beautiful. Not everyone is meant to be a size 2. It all depends on what your body type is. Everyone is beautiful no matter what size they wear. The word beautiful does not require the word skinny. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you don’t see yourself as beautiful your confidence is very low.
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national bestseller Blink‚ Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the way we think. Specifically‚ he explains the workings of the unconscious mind in making snap judgments and decisions. He proves that more information is not always a good thing‚ and some of the best decisions come from gut instinct. In the first chapter‚ Malcolm introduces the idea of thin-slicing‚ our unconscious ability to determine what is important in a very short period of time. In more basic terms‚ thin-slicing is our gut instinct. The more
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To Think or Not To Think‚ That is The Question “Judgment matters: it is what separates winners from losers” (260). Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a book about understanding how we arrive at the judgments we make. There are two ways that we make every decision: in the blink of an eye or with well thought out decision making processes. In this book Gladwell explores the many different ways that we make decisions using our adaptive unconscious. He attempts to convince the reader that snap decisions
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Outliers Book Analysis “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell Abstract: Gladwell‚ M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New York‚ NY: Little‚ Brown and Company. Outliers is a well written‚ fun‚ and easy to read book overall about success‚ and how particular factors can lend to one being successful. It details the success stories of many individuals such as The Beatles‚ Bill Gates‚ and Canadian Ice hockey players to name a few. The non-fiction book does an
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of the metropolis‚ the choice is very well pronounced: live with the dirt and grime or try and fight it for the good of the community. In Malcolm Gladwell’s story‚ “The Power of Context: Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime”‚ Gladwell describes that human behavior is deeply affected by our environment. Along the same lines‚ in the short story “The Solitary Stroller and the City”‚ the author Rebecca Solnit delves into her own life and the lives of others to explore the role that
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Malcolm Gladwell explores the idea of “thin-slicing‚” which is the act of the brain only using a small bit of information to make a decision. These types of snap judgements are sometimes thought to be inferior to well thought out and studied decisions. Gladwell shows that well researched decisions are not always better decisions. Rapid cognition‚ or “thin-slicing‚” is observed in many cultures and is used by many people around the world. In some ways‚ one can make the case that “thin-slicing” is
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