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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9781416531555
ISBN: 1416531556
Label: Threshold Editions
Manufacturer: Threshold Editions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: October 24, 2006
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Sales Rank: 57957
Studio: Threshold Editions
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Outraged by the downward spiral of intellect and culture, Michael LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, Blink, which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no surprise that sharp, incisive reasoning has become a lost art in the daily life of people everywhere.
Somewhere along the line, the Age of Reason morphed into the Age of Emotion; this systemic erosion is costing time, money, jobs, and lives in the twenty-first century, leading to less fulfilment and growing dysfunction. LeGault provides a bold, controversial, and objective analysis of the causes and solutions for some of the biggest problems facing Western culture in the 21st century. From the over- load of reality TV shows and gossip magazines that have rendered curiosity of the mind and spirit obsolete to permissive parenting and low standards that have caused an academic crisis among our children, LeGault looks at all aspects of modern lives and points to how and where it all went wrong.
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This book has a number of very serious problems. Some are (not necessarily in order of importance):
1. Far too verbose. The author could easily have conveyed his views in half to two thirds the pages. Ironic since he makes this criticism of others in his book.
2. Far more importantly, does not analyze cause-problem nexus. He states, for example, that one of main reasons for deterioration of "critical" thinking in business is poor schooling. Could it possibly, instead, be ... Read More
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I listened to this audio book for two weeks while commuting to work. Most of the theses hold together strongly as I apply them to events going on in our nation now, two 2 years after its publication. For example, I see more clearly how the metastasis of man-made global warming notions within our public policy agenda is an assault on reason and objectivity. Another example is the recent election of a president whose primary strengths are presentation and style rather than delivery or accomplishment. ... Read More
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This book is poorly organized and contains no useful information. Unless you want to understand why people should have commonsense there is no reason to get this book.
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"Is America losing its ability to think? If, for arguments sake, we define thinking as the use of knowledge and reasoning to solve problems and plan and produce favorable outcomes, the answer is, apparently, yes." ~ pg. 5
"Think" is a very appropriate title. Many book titles promise but they don't deliver. Whether you agree or disagree with the information presented in this book it is still a brain-stimulating ride. "Think" is divided into three main sections. In part 1 Michael R. LeGault ... Read More
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After reading this book, I can no longer watch television without feeling guilty for wasting my time. The author showed me many holes in my college education. He writes to the lay people and the college student.
In fact, I would call this an invitation to graduate school.
If you read this from cover to cover, you will watch less of the idiot box and spend less time on the computer. He ruined television for me. Nice going.......
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