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“our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way...We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that - sometimes - we're better off that way.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“when you remove time," de becker says, "you are subject to the lowest-quality intuitive reaction”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Alejandra’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alejandra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
329 books
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52 friends
99 books
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61 friends
117 books
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164 friends
80 books
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75 friends
344 books
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107 friends
253 books
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108 friends
1 book
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13 friends
10 books
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12 friends
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Art, Business, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Ebooks, Mystery, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality, and Travel
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