The recent discovery of water on the surface of moon is one out of many examples which proves that by working together we can make those things possible which were long considered to be impossible. And together contribute to the development of mankind. Not by fighting mean wars but by joining hands we can make our world and our lives better. Our history have also proved that whenever different cultures have worked together we have overcome insurmountable problems and whenever we have fought we have only created them. May be our cultures are different, maybe we speak different languages but today our world demands that we join our hands and work together. Only when we join hands together we will be able to solve all of our problems. Can't we all work together and make our world free from war, terrorism and all those things which we as children never wanted to see. And give the coming generations a life free from all these problems. Can't we give them a world much better than what we have inherited. Yes we can do and yes we must do but not by fighting each other but by becoming each others friend.
The author describes the main subject of his book as "thin-slicing": our ability to gauge what is really important from a very narrow period of experience. In other words, spontaneous decisions are often as good as—or even better than—carefully planned and considered ones. Gladwell draws on examples from science, advertising, sales, medicine, and popular music to reinforce his ideas. Gladwell also uses many examples of regular people's experiences with "thin-slicing." Gladwell explains how an expert's ability to "thin slice" can be corrupted by their likes and dislikes, prejudices and stereotypes (even unconscious ones), and how they can be overloaded by too much information. Gladwell also tells us about our instinctive ability to mind read, which is how we can get to know what emotions a person is feeling just by looking at his or her face. We do that by "thin-slicing," using limited information to come to our conclusion. In what Gladwel...
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