182795, Wordman says... Posted by Wordman, Thu May-18-06 03:50 PM
...I don't think he hit paydirt with this one like he did with The Tipping Point, but I did really like it. The arguments I've heard about his writings and his books is that he doesn't offer great conclusions or solutions, but I don't really know if I can fault him for that. Coming up with a great solution to homelessness - can ya blame him for not coming up with that? I don't know that he writes with the conclusion/solution in mind, so much as he writes so you'll think about the subject. In that sense, the book was a success because he makes you think about it and come up with your own conclusions. He has that nasty habit of making me interested in crap I never thought I'd be interested in. Chairs? Muscles in your face? Tennis? I wasn't expecting Blink to do as much as The Tipping Point, but I did find it provacative.
"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams
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