Blink : the power of thinking without thinking

Blink offers lots of information which can be put into use. Gladwell gives examples of the adaptive unconscious at work, talks about its downsides, and when it shuts down.

I'm not a huge Malcolm Gladwell fan, mostly because while I'm interested in the way he identifies and explores these phenomena, I'm just not interested enough to want to read each whole explanation. I think I'd enjoy Gladwell best in Reader's Digest condensed fashion. I usually really like his articles in the New Yorker - I'm just not invested enough to really pursue the whole book.

That being said, "Blink" made a more interesting book club discussion topic than I expected. I was surprised how much good discussion the book generated and really enjoyed hearing everyone's personal experiences with processes described in the book. So while as a book, I wasn't completely captivated, the material was a great starting place for a good discussion.