The Geography of Thought'The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.' Malcolm Gladwell "One of the world's leading thinkers" Daily Telegraph When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment and the different