‌Blink | The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Blink, a nonfiction work by Malcolm Gladwell, explores the psychology of snap decisions and quick thinking, illuminating how subconscious biases affect the way we think and behave.

• Gladwell introduces the idea of “thin slicing”—using little slivers of information about a person to form a larger opinion. He concludes that this method is most effective among strangers and breaks down in intimate relationships, such as marriages.

• Gladwell examines how subconscious racial and socioeconomic biases affect how we think about other groups of people and the language we use to describe them.