Blink !
No don't..!!
That is what is going to happen to you if you - let alone finish it - run through only the first two chapters of this amazing piece of literal beauty... The Blink as Malcolm Gladwell calls it.
It is such a radical book, that it has forced me to come out of this self imposed hibernation from something i love doing so much; but was just not able to do it (believe you me, i have no clue how time flew by. Had a lot of pending work down my neck and all of us here at KIAMS, organized this rural marketing fair, called Pragati, which kept us busy. & & & this is NOT an alibi).
Coming back to the book and Mr. Gladwell's hair (check him out, google, altavista, yahoo, just check him out), the guy, after his first look will make you remember the nerdy-geeky-freak in your college. Even if he does not, you will have an exact testimony. He is the Quintessential. But the point is not about this gentleman's hair, it is about what is hiding under them.
The school of thought that he exhibits and maybe, just maybe imposes on your gray matter is something which could shake your entire decision making faculty. Has mine (for keeps or momentarily, I've no clue, but right now, yes he has).
The book essentially talks about how snap judgments (impulsive, spur-of-the-moment decisions taken on hunch and intuition) can be as good as, and sometimes much more accurate and better at the end of the day than decisions taken with proper homework and substantial heuristics inside your head. He goes on by narrating some banal as well as some arcane examples which validate this point, all true mind you.
I loved it, and i am sure you will too. I've read this book while attending lectures people.... Now you know ;->
Won't say that i will come back soon, would try and under-promise and over-deliver as somebody told me yesterday. So, wait and watch.
Cheers.
That is what is going to happen to you if you - let alone finish it - run through only the first two chapters of this amazing piece of literal beauty... The Blink as Malcolm Gladwell calls it.
It is such a radical book, that it has forced me to come out of this self imposed hibernation from something i love doing so much; but was just not able to do it (believe you me, i have no clue how time flew by. Had a lot of pending work down my neck and all of us here at KIAMS, organized this rural marketing fair, called Pragati, which kept us busy. & & & this is NOT an alibi).
Coming back to the book and Mr. Gladwell's hair (check him out, google, altavista, yahoo, just check him out), the guy, after his first look will make you remember the nerdy-geeky-freak in your college. Even if he does not, you will have an exact testimony. He is the Quintessential. But the point is not about this gentleman's hair, it is about what is hiding under them.
The school of thought that he exhibits and maybe, just maybe imposes on your gray matter is something which could shake your entire decision making faculty. Has mine (for keeps or momentarily, I've no clue, but right now, yes he has).
The book essentially talks about how snap judgments (impulsive, spur-of-the-moment decisions taken on hunch and intuition) can be as good as, and sometimes much more accurate and better at the end of the day than decisions taken with proper homework and substantial heuristics inside your head. He goes on by narrating some banal as well as some arcane examples which validate this point, all true mind you.
I loved it, and i am sure you will too. I've read this book while attending lectures people.... Now you know ;->
Won't say that i will come back soon, would try and under-promise and over-deliver as somebody told me yesterday. So, wait and watch.
Cheers.
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