From b3dc914b0f426dfad59469b3c5742c02a3b1d38d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cool-mist Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:29 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add blink --- _posts/2022-08-25-blink.markdown | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.html | 2 +- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 _posts/2022-08-25-blink.markdown diff --git a/_posts/2022-08-25-blink.markdown b/_posts/2022-08-25-blink.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ab5783 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2022-08-25-blink.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Blink, and you'll still not miss it! +categories: ["books"] +--- + +A case (rant) for why you should not read Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell. + +-------- + +# What's in it? + +I recently read [Blink by Malcolm Gladwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink:_The_Power_of_Thinking_Without_Thinking). This book was gifted to me, as well as to all my colleagues at work. Fear of missing out drove me into reading this book. + +The book being popular was probably one of the first red flags. Page number 64 was already the 172839th red flag. If there ever was a book equivalent to the 'lame movie', the kind of movie that you would not have any trouble following even if you dozed off for an hour, this book it is! + +If you are contemplating reading this book, discouraging you is none of my business. But I will quickly summarize the book below, in case you are wondering whether this book is worth the time you will end up spending. + +- We make split-second decisions unconsciously. +- The split-second decisions are a result of our evolutionary history as well as cultural prejudices and stereotypes. +- Too much information available while making any type of decision (split-second or otherwise) could be detrimental. +- The split-second decisions could be good or bad. +- Through practice, we can train ourselves to make sure our split-second decisions are good. + +The book is 0.5 pages of the above claims, and 269.5 pages of cherry-picked examples to suit the author's claims on such decision-making. This is not a book. This is just a pamphlet! \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index b1c1182..6614f56 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ layout: default {% endif %} {% endif %} - \ No newline at end of file +