1.✅Decisions made quickly can be as good (and often even better) than decisions made after thorough and deliberate thinking process.
- We are not aware of the processes that result in quick decisions (or first impressions). 3.✅To make quick decisions, we judge a book by its cover. ❌ This process is referred to as “thin-slicing” – using a limited amount of information received over a limited period of time to come up with a decision.
- Stereotypes, both conscious and subconscious, dislikes and likes, as well as prejudices, impede our ability to thin-slice.
👉🏻 example of it is the Warren Harding error, which basically means judging people by their appearance.
- What we think we like or dislike and what we actually like or dislike are often different.
- Blink can help readers understand when thin-slicing is useful and when analytical thinking should be relied on instead.
- This book also warns about the dangers of rapid cognition in highly stressful situations.
- Overall, this popular science work conveys the idea that snap judgments can be learned, practiced, and controlled for more effective decision making.