The book talks on and on about critical thinking. The main argument is intuition vs. critical thinking. It seems that the author wrote this book as a response to another book, called Blink!, which supports intuitive thinking. Well, after reading Think!, I feel as if I am more superior than normal humans, as if other humans, who indulge themselves in pleasure driven, complacent life, who are easily manipulated by propaganda and political correctness unconsciously. Political correctness is how the author describes populism, where people support an opinion, such as radical feminism, because it is popular, because it is the 'safe' option to take. The author strongly opposes political correctness as it is 'ready-made' ideology, an ideology one adopts blindly without evaluating it critically.
I in most part agreed with the author, and realised that I too was sometimes victim of political correctness, as in the case of carbon dioxide induced global warming. The book also focuses on the importance of reading, as knowledge is essential to think critically. This reiterated for me the importance of books in improving the quality of human life, in helping to achieve humans to be the best we can be. However, the book left a tinge of irony behind; thanks to its emphasis on critical thinking and evaluation, I realised that this book itself should be also critically analyzed with skepticism, and that it would be inane to believe every word of the author. To judge on the credibility of the book, I guess I'll have to read a whole range of other books.
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