was a man that had a cruel and violent past‚ and for that reason the shooting in the subway could of trigger the tipping point. Not only did Goetz have a cruel past but the four other black males did as well. Gladwell argues that it was not only Goetz cruel background that triggered the tipping point‚ but the environment were the shooting took place could of triggered the tipping point as well. The train were the shooting took place was filthy “surrounded on all sides by dark‚ damp‚ graffiti-covered
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“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by: Malcolm Gladwell A Summary: The Tipping Point presents us mainly with three rules or characteristics of “the tipping point” or an epidemic‚ and these are: 1. The Law of the Few 2. The Stickiness Factor 3. The Power of Context The Law of the Few There are three kinds of “the few”‚ namely: Connectors‚ Mavens and the Salesmen. The Connectors are the kinds of people who know lots of people‚ and are able to get a message
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At the end of September‚ Malcolm Gladwell‚ a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of The Tipping Point and Blink‚ published a piece‚ Small Change: Why the Revolution Will not be Tweeted‚ in that magazine making the argument that social media tools like Facebook and Twitter were overhyped as agents of social change at best and at worst‚ completely useless in helping move the kind of high-risk actions that are strong enough to bring down governments and change cultures. Using the wave
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reflect the reasons why America displays in today’s society. Literature reflects society by pre-existing concepts and ideas. This is why Malcolm Gladwell writes The Tipping Point in which discusses about events that people make in the past and how past experiences can lead people to make inform decisions very quickly. The Tipping Point changes the way people in America think about selling products and disseminating ideas. According to Gladwell‚ “I don’t really think of myself as an outlier.” This
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The Broken Window Theory‚ which is also known as the Epidemic Theory of Crime‚ is one of the foundations of the bestseller book Tipping Point (2000) by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell defines tipping points as "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable; these are the moments of critical mass‚ the threshold‚ the boiling point." Tipping points are made possible through epidemics. Gladwell came up with the three rules or principles of epidemics‚ based on learnings from worldwide
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But say for example a war‚ like the one in Iraq‚ could have been avoided if a different man had been elected. Would it be absurd to suggest that one man ultimately determined the candidate who won the presidency? Absolutely not; a study in The Tipping Point‚ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ reveals how a simple gesture of one news anchor can influence millions of voters across the country. In the study‚ four top news anchors from the major television networks (NBC‚ ABC‚ FOX‚ and CBS) were carefully examined as
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The book David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell follows in the footsteps of his other famous works The Tipping Point‚ Blink‚ and Outliers. Gladwell’s books seek to show readers a new perspective on the world‚ where they can be insightful and take advantage of any situation. However‚ unlike Gladwell’s previous works‚ David and Goliath fails to deliver its point. Gladwell’s message of overcoming seemingly unfavorable odds is clouded by poor creativity‚ a lack of ethos‚ and awkward pace. Many people
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To understand the mentality and actions of the girls portrayed in the Salem Witch Trials‚ we must first make connections between The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the play based on the trials‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ and the HUAC hearing in the mid 1950’s. Historians have had trouble figuring out what caused the mass hysteria of witch hunts to happen‚ but most agree on the fact that the girls felt powerful being able to call anyone a witch and get away with it. Similar events transpired
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OUTLIERS The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell As I read Outliers‚ an excellent book by Malcom Gladwell also author of the Tipping Point one of my favorite marketing books I couldn’t help being reminded of the movie Good Will Hunting. There is a particular scene in the movie where Matt Damon‚ playing a poor teen from Southern Boston confronts a wealthy MIT student. Damon tells him‚ “You were born on third base and you think you hit a triple.” In other words‚ we often over-attribute our
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As Malcolm Gladwell wrote in The Tipping Point‚ “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea‚ trend‚ or social behavior crosses a threshold‚ tips‚ and spreads like wildfire.” Symbolised by the Tennis Court Oath and the Storming of the Bastille‚ the outbreak of the French Revolution was caused by a buildup of many factors‚ finally causing the anger and frustration manifested in the French people to reach the tipping point as they took to the streets. This led to social and political upheaval
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