![]() ![]() Without giving too much away, Gladwell uses psychologist, John Gottman’s work on marriage counselling and psychologists Samuel Gosling’s work on observing people’s personalities to show that thin slicing allows some people to make better snap judgements than the rest. In essence, thin slicing involves taking little bits of information about a situation and using them, collectively, to form an opinion about the said situation. Gladwell presents a number of arguments for snap judgements, one of which involves thin slicing. ![]() In Blink, Gladwell also discusses how people try to make sense of unconscious decisions how firefighters are able to make snap decisions under immense pressure, regularly and why people fall for tall, dark and handsome men (sadly, I fall in neither category). It focuses on snap judgements, particularly how some people are able to make quick decisions that save money and people’s lives, as well as present potential soulmates. This book is Malcolm Gladwell’s second masterpiece. “The key to good decision making is not knowledge. ![]()
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