Imagine you are a Marine on patrol through a busy marketplace in Afghanistan, or a police officer chasing a criminal through the side streets in New York City. The countless split-second decisions you make in these situations can be the difference between making it through the experience with your life, or the life of an innocent civilian. Was that a gun he was pulling out of his pocket or was it a black wallet? Do you chase an insurgent blindly into an alley, or do you slow down and proceed more cautiously? How you make that decision is the topic of Malcolm Gladwell’s book,
Book Review – "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Book Review – "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Book Review – "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Imagine you are a Marine on patrol through a busy marketplace in Afghanistan, or a police officer chasing a criminal through the side streets in New York City. The countless split-second decisions you make in these situations can be the difference between making it through the experience with your life, or the life of an innocent civilian. Was that a gun he was pulling out of his pocket or was it a black wallet? Do you chase an insurgent blindly into an alley, or do you slow down and proceed more cautiously? How you make that decision is the topic of Malcolm Gladwell’s book,