[MD] Blink

[ian glendinning]

Hi Case, Ant,

I've read a couple of Gladwell books and blogged about him and had
arguments about him elsewhere. I too saw the connection between the
"blink" pre-intellectual decision making process and the immediate
experience of DQ. I have to say I was ultimately disappointed by his
analysis. A lot of the good content was in earlier works I'd already
read I seem to recall. (I'll need to dig back for all that.)

Anyway, be interested to know any specifics of what you think having read him.
Ian

On 11/2/06, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Case,
>
> Thanks for the reference about "Blink".  I'll put it on my to read list!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Anthony
>
>
> >From: "Case" <Case at iSpots.com>
> >Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> >To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
> >Subject: [MD]  Blink
> >Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:35:00 -0500
> >
> >Here is a little something for everyone interested in the front edge of
> >experience.
> >
> >I am a big fan of audiobooks and my selection for the week has been Malcom
> >Gladwell's Blink. Here is what Gladwell says about his book:
> >
> >"It's a book about rapid cognition, about the kind of thinking that happens
> >in a blink of an eye. When you meet someone for the first time, or walk
> >into
> >a house you are thinking of buying, or read the first few sentences of a
> >book, your mind takes about two seconds to jump to a series of conclusions.
> >Well, "Blink" is a book about those two seconds, because I think those
> >instant conclusions that we reach are really powerful and really important
> >and, occasionally, really good."
> >
> >This is a book about the front edge of experience. It shows how frequently
> >and commonly Dynamic Quality plays a role in our everyday lives. He never
> >mentions Pirsig and there is no indication of MoQ influence but
> >never-the-less that's what this book is about. It shows that rather than
> >being mystical or mysterious DQ is just what we do. His examples range from
> >art historian's judgments of a fraudulent Greek statue to a military
> >commander in a $250 million war game who beat the combined US forces in the
> >Middle East so badly they forced a do over and restricted to tactics he
> >could use.
> >
> >Blink is about the importance of preintellectual thinking and how many
> >times
> >our snap judgments based on it are equal to or better than rationally
> >conceived and carefully thought out plans. My only regret about this book
> >is
> >that I didn't pick it up sooner. I check off as essential reading to anyone
> >interested in the MOQ.
> >
> >
>
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