A story about "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" — 3 years ago
I picture a Malcolm as a pale and chinless Englishman. Thanks to an article in this month’s W, I get the bonus discovery that not only does he write wonderful essays, but he’s a sexy Canadian with dreads. Gladwell is a natural teacher, with a scientist’s mind.
One chapter treats a scientific study I’ve been fascinated by since hearing about it on This American Life’s “Marriage” show several months ago: by analyzing a fifteen-minute tape of a couple arguing, John Gottman can predict, with 90% accuracy, whether they will divorce in the next ten years. Who wouldn’t want such a marital CAT-scan? Or—who would?
