tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post5313840835391828734..comments2024-02-21T02:24:27.384-08:00Comments on Necessary Facts: Book Review: Blink by Malcolm GladwellMichael E. Marottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14402515044482988601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post-82374060831870317702019-03-17T19:24:47.879-07:002019-03-17T19:24:47.879-07:00I took the Pepsi Challenge in the 90s. I was 20 y...I took the Pepsi Challenge in the 90s. I was 20 y/o and certain I preferred Coke. I picked Pepsi in the blind test. This book showed me why. <br /><br />It also introduced me to the Havard Implicit Bias test. I had some bias against people with darker skin. My son, who is 10, took it and had no bias. <br /><br />It doesn't stop people from moralizing about how people's racism is evil or from moralizing, even more stupidly IMHO, that it's wrong to admit there's racism and to want to reduce it. It gives a glaring example subconscious racism that's hard to face.<br /><br />I have heard Thinking Fast and Slow covers the same topic in a more scientific way, but I couldn't get through that book because I had already heard a lot of it from Blink. Also Gladwell is just easy and fun to read. Sometimes his stuff borders on empty calories or at least a healthful candy bar. CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824987036580158137noreply@blogger.com