Getting drunk on information by Jen Gerson re: Malcolm Gladwell & blink

[applegrove]

Getting drunk on information
Writer Malcolm Gladwell knows that actually having less info can lead to making better decisions
Nov. 14, 2006. 05:41 AM
JEN GERSON


He's been deemed one of the most impressive journalistic minds of our day, wears an afro and was raised in Elmira, Ont. The author of The Tipping Point and a staff writer for the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell, was in town last week to speak to a Ontario Hospital Association conference about his new book Blink and about decision-making in times of stress.

I.D. grabbed a few minutes with Gladwell, between unseemly lines for book signings, to talk about MySpace, information overload and how today's teenagers just have too much time on their hands.

QHow do you think that the Internet is affecting decision-making?

AIt's certainly multiplied the amount of information we have available. So, when I talk about the pressures of information overload, the Internet has made that problem a lot worse and it's something that we need to deal with.

.... SNIP"

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[Richardo]

1. One of the best books I read last year.

That and 'Freakonomics are a great double-bill. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[applegrove]

2. Yes it was a great book. I love anything he writes. Freakonomics

cool too. I can think of a few regressions I would want run on a bunch of GOPers.