"this is the type of book that you will want to re-read over and over again because it is well-written, entertaining, and insightful. the premise of the book is that we can know something without really knowing it. gladwell uses a number of unique examples (such as the getty's near $10 million dollar blunder on an artificial classic statue, and how improvisational comedy works) to show how we can surmise certain things in a blink of an eye. gladwell's proof is anecdotal for the most part (which makes on intelligence and stumbling on happiness great companions to this work), but the author gives us a great look into an almost sixth-sense we humans have though we may not be completely aware of it. he goes on to describe intense scenes where blink-thinking (meta-cognition) wasn't used prop"
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