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What ya'll think of Malcolm Gladwell's "thin slicing theory"
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Chief on March 19, 2006, 06:28:18 PM ---ohhhh you mean like judging people ?
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no, it's way more than that, he does a case study in the book about a marriage counselor who can tell in just 3 minutes of observing a couples conversation whether or not they will get a divorce, with 95% accuracy. He also does case studies concerning cops and military generals.
h cottie is bac-tive?:
i read a couple pages...didnt really hook me but i mite give it a try...right now im on the autobiography of malcolm X...i'm halfway thru and this book is incredible, already one of all-time favorites. it really puts you up on life back in the 30's and 40's. i've gone thru his life as a very young child to the death of his father at age 6 by the KKK up to the time he moves to boston and learns so much G shit then becomes a hustler in harlem. i havnt gotten to the part where he gets locked up but the book is VERY insightful on his life growing up, real descriptive and it seems like i've watched him grow up already. it starts from the time he is born all the way to his death. i cannot say enough about how good this book really is. i recommend it immensely.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: h cottie on March 19, 2006, 10:57:38 PM ---i read a couple pages...didnt really hook me but i mite give it a try...right now im on the autobiography of malcolm X...i'm halfway thru and this book is incredible, already one of all-time favorites. it really puts you up on life back in the 30's and 40's. i've gone thru his life as a very young child to the death of his father at age 6 by the KKK up to the time he moves to boston and learns so much G shit then becomes a hustler in harlem. i havnt gotten to the part where he gets locked up but the book is VERY insightful on his life growing up, real descriptive and it seems like i've watched him grow up already. it starts from the time he is born all the way to his death. i cannot say enough about how good this book really is. i recommend it immensely.
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Your definitely going to benefit a great deal more from Malcolm X's book. Don't worry about reading any other book until after you finish the Autobiography of Malcolm X. The second half of the book is even better than the first.
TraceOneInfinite:
Btw, I'm not a major sponsor or advocate of Gladwell or his book "Blink". It was just kind of interesting so I was asking people what they thought of it.
eKardz:
--- Quote from: h cottie on March 19, 2006, 10:57:38 PM ---i read a couple pages...didnt really hook me but i mite give it a try...right now im on the autobiography of malcolm X...i'm halfway thru and this book is incredible, already one of all-time favorites. it really puts you up on life back in the 30's and 40's. i've gone thru his life as a very young child to the death of his father at age 6 by the KKK up to the time he moves to boston and learns so much G shit then becomes a hustler in harlem. i havnt gotten to the part where he gets locked up but the book is VERY insightful on his life growing up, real descriptive and it seems like i've watched him grow up already. it starts from the time he is born all the way to his death. i cannot say enough about how good this book really is. i recommend it immensely.
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i read that book last year man. that is probably one of the best books i've ever read
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