The 'Blink' Generation
Finally, Malcolm Gladwell's Blink has ascended to the realm of conventional wisdom, just like his first book, The Tipping Point. No more debate over whether he's a genius or a mountebank: Malcolm Gladwell's thesis is being used to justify the invasion of Iraq and sundry other Bush administration decisions.
According to TIME's Joe Klein:
Bush is the ultimate "Blink" President, to use author Malcolm Gladwell's catchy term, and recent title, for instantaneous, subconscious decision making. The slogan on Gladwell's book jacket "Don't Think Blink!" is a perfect mantra for an attention- deficit-disordered society, and an apt description of the electric jolt Bush has brought to politics and policy. It certainly was the subtext of the 2004 presidential campaign: Kerry's thinking seemed tortured, paralytic; Bush's blinking seemed strong and decisive.
We wholeheartedly agree, especially Gladwell's "Thinking Without Thinking" subtitle.
Since you're already in Texas, why not swing by the Crawford Ranch, Malcolm? Leo Strauss and Jesus are there and they're ready to catch you up.
