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    <body><![CDATA[Here's Blink in a nutshell:<br/><br/>Split decisions can be good; better than decisions where we take a lot of time to carefully weigh our options and use scientific evidence. <br/><br/>Except when they're not.<br/><br/>Rapid cognition is an exciting and powerful way to use your brain's quick,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7874286">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The funny thing is that I don't consider myself to be a literary or intellectual snob at all but I really feel that it is not reality television, not celebrity talk shows, and not pop punk records but instead this genre of books that will be the downfall of our civilization.  The studies referenced ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5574068">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For anyone who is thinking about reading this book, I highly recommend it.  However, I also recommend reading it as a series of fascinating, well-told stories.  It is really nothing more and nothing less.<br/><br/>One of the criticisms I heard about this book before I read it is that Gladwell lays...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1190399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this book wins my prize for Most Easily Misinterpreted to Serve Personal Agendas. Gladwell gets so into the interesting details of the case he's building, he really doesn't emphasize the final conclusions of the book at all, leaving people to think that the interesting details are the whole ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4486129">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 19 09:04:04 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Equally as fascinating as Gladwell's other book <em>The Tipping Point</em>. Really makes you think, consider your decisions differently. <br/><br/>Quotes:<br/>But in the end it comes down to a matter of respect, and the simplest way that respect is communicated is through tone of voice.<br/><br/>Of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12512360">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This work is worth a read, if not more than one. I hesitate to say too much, since I believe the conclusions it reaches are explored in the very beginning and will immediately inform the reader of its relevance. I don't know why that came out so long winded, the reader will find out how interested t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10031964">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would put this book in the category of &quot;Freakonomics&quot; and &quot;The Tipping Point.&quot;  By the same author as the latter title, Malcolm Gladwell, the purpose of this book is to weigh the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the power of the mind's ability to unconsciously leap to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7738460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was really interesting. It discusses the way in which people can &quot;thin-slice&quot; a situation in a matter of seconds and make a judgement. This is where pre-conceived notions such as stereotypes can affect the way we react to something under a time constraint. It's about how our unco...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3135690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must read - really interesting stories about how people process things unconsciously. <br/> - for instance, you can't hide your feeling about race from your unconscious - take the Race Test (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat" title="http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat">http://www.understandingprejudice.org/ia...</a>). It said I (and 13% of test-takers) have a 'moderate automati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/364">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The general topic was how powerful our initial impressions are because we can process stuff really quick at a subconscious level in some cases.  <br/><br/>Blink was well written and pretty entertaining.  I thought the author did a good job of coming up with interesting examples of good or bad info...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22173246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book - an interesting perspective on how we process informationa and what our &quot;unconscious&quot; tells us.  My sister, the scientists, tried to read it but could not finish it, and I think the reasons for that are interesting.  As a scientists, she thought the conslusions ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19139705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating book! I would describe Blink as promoting self-awareness more than self-help. It's a captivating exploration of the ability of our unconscious minds to accurately(much of the time)read the world around us. The psychological studies featured offered refreshing evidence that it isn't alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41970455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is pop psychology, pages and pages of narrative prose describing civil war battles, musical careers, and police chases in support of the premise that we underestimate the part of our mind that makes snap judgments. <br/><br/>Gladwell did some sort of research, but research in relation to psyc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3347993">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As an empirical psychologist by training, I get very annoyed at journalists who simplify things to the point that its no longer even remotely accurate.  Such is the case for Blink.  This is especially annoying to me, because the book describes my area of research specialization.  If you're intereste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/945963">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[LOVED this book.  I read &quot;The Tipping Point&quot; awhile ago and found both books equally fascinating.  The short subject studies that the author uses are interesting, easy to follow, and compelling evidence of his &quot;theory&quot; or study in first impressions.  I would highly recommend this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49210177">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating!  I have to admit, in the first chapter I had a little knee-jerk reaction when I thought he was saying that our intuitive reactions are invariably correct.  As I continued to read I appreciated his skill in outlining the complexity of his theory, and the fact that only one who is trained...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42379962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really expecting more from this book. I've heard mostly good things about Gladwell, and he had a pretty interesting TED talk, and I enjoy almost anything to do with the brain, so...why not?<br/><br/>The book certainly brought up a lot of interesting ideas and discussed different elements tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64146311">more...</a>]]></body>
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