Post: #1

I really enjoy Gladwell's magazine articles. But I have never read any of his books - since the subjects of each of his books seem a little dull to me.

So - with that said - if I was to check out one of his books - which do you think is his best one? If I like it I will check out his others as well.

Post: #2

I really enjoyed Blink, on the other hand Outliers has the best rating in Goodreads (4 vs 3.8 for the other books)

For me it was:
Blink
Outliers
Tipping Point

Post: #3

Cool - will be interesting to see how the latest one goes down (it came out last week).

Also - I have heard alot of peoplee say their favourite book of his are the two (there is at least one book - but I think there might now be two) books which collect his magazine articles.

Post: #4

I just heard positive things about David and Goliath

Post: #5

Blink is fantastic, I have just bought tipping point which I plan to finish reading by next week.

Post: #6

Reading outliers right now, very interesting & informative so far.

Post: #7

Just finished Blink. It was an enjoyable read because Gladwell is a good storyteller.

Blink is about how the unconscious mind affects decision making.

You would think that there would be huge applications to game, but this book was a little disappointing in that regard, although still interesting.

There are really two applications to game. Priming, and microexpressions.

Priming is the technique of having someone put themselves in a state of mind. "Imagine if you and I were on a vacation, where do you see us?" Cialdini discusses the application of this technique in much greater depth in Presuasion.

The other application is microexpressions. Human faces have tells. A guy name Paul Ekman did the research on all the possible facial expressions and what they mean. He has training modules on line for $100-$300. It seems like a valuable skill and worth the investment if you acquired the skill.