Readings; The Undercover Economist‚ The Tipping Point‚ and Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy After reading the books; “The Undercover Economist”‚ “The Tipping Point”‚ and “Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy” I am left thinking that the Global economy is actually more complicated and intricate than I ever thought and there is an interesting aspect of the world economy that is social. From the popularity of Hush Puppies in New York detailed in “Tipping Point” to the social networks of African
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The Tipping Point 1. What do you think you are most like? A maven‚ salesman‚ or connector? Or none of them? Why? 2. Can you think of an example of Tipping Point in the past‚ not discussed in the book? 3. Can you think of an example of Tipping Point in the present‚ not discussed in the book? Maybe one that you could have been affected by? 4. Can you think of an example of broken glass theory that you have experienced in your life? 5. Can you think of an example of a fad that has exploded recently
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Entry One In the Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell he explains that “the Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea‚ trend‚ or social behavior crosses a threshold‚ tips‚ and spreads like wildfire.” In his book he explains what a tipping point is‚ how something comes to a Tipping Point‚ what happens when that something hits its Tipping Point‚ and the different people that play an important role to create a Tipping Point. On pages 20 and 21 of the book‚ Gladwell tells of two different men that
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Example that Fits the Tipping Point After finished the majority part of Tipping Point‚ which Gladwell talks about the three key factors that determine whether a particular trend will tip into a social epidemic‚ I built up a better understanding to how social phenomenon appears . It is very thought provoking and useful‚ especially for our business student which will struggle in “tipping” our service or product into popular fad. It is hard not to be convincing by Gladwall’s point of view. It is
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take someone else’s work and claim it for their own. Well-known writer and reporter Michael Lewis explains in his story “My Ames is True” the significance of his experience with plagiarism connecting with his worldview and illuminates the irony how Emir Kamenica got into a private school. Each person differently views the concept of plagiarism‚ such as is a view of Lewis’s first experience in 7th grade. As Lewis copies a text from a book for his school book report‚ he has no idea what plagiarism
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Tipping Point Discussion Questions Introduction 1) What was the point Gladwell makes with the Hush Puppy story? Hush Puppy is a kind of classic American shoes which were considered to be old fashioned in 1994. However‚ because no one would wear Hush Puppy in that age‚ this kind of shoes became so unique and catch some fashion designer’s attention‚ and then Hush Puppy became popular again. Hush Puppy story is an example of epidemics in action‚ through this story‚ Gladwell demonstrated
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Liu Xiaobo Reading Guide 1. How does Liu discredit the notion that income disparity is the reason for today’s resistance movements in China? What does he instead point to as the source of the growing number of large-scale resistance movements? 2. What are the “two logics” of China’s reforms? 3. What is inherently contradictory about the first logic? a) b) c) d) e) 4. How does the second logic make the first logic unable to overcome its contradictions? 5
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or idea by adopting it themselves and spreading the word. The attainment of the tipping point that transforms a phenomenon into an influential trend usually requires the intervention of a number of influential types of people. In the disease epidemic model Gladwell introduced in Chapter 1‚ he demonstrated that many outbreaks could be traced back to a small group of infectors. Likewise‚ on the path toward the tipping point‚ many trends are ushered into popularity by small groups of individuals
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be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases‚ clauses or lines. Anecdote: a little story used to explain an idea. Antagonist: a character that goes against the main character and tries to stop him/her from achieving their goal. Aside: A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech‚ which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play. Assonance: the repetition of
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Summer Reading Essay In The Tipping Point‚ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the tone clearly drives the strategy to be logos. Logos is an exceptional rhetorical strategy as it persuades the reader‚ not through the use of emotions and feelings‚ but rather through the use of logic and reasoning. There exists an energy in the style in which Gladwell writes that has the power to persuade the audience to believe what he believes in‚ the Tipping Point. Gladwell does not only give us his theory on how epidemics
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