The book The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, looks at how small choices can impact big ones. It explains how society changes very rapidly and very unexpectedly. “The tipping point is the biography of an idea.” When one person in Baltimore has Syphilis it is then passed on to other humans who are then infected as well. Before you know it you have an entire city infected with Syphilis, this is called the tipping point. The book also explains as to why fashion trends emerge, why racial issues decreased, and why teenagers turn to smoking. The main key points in this book is epidemics, and the three epidemic rules are the law of the few, the stickiness factor, and the power of context. Throughout the book examples are given. For instance, why …show more content…
The author to me is trying to prove a point and inform us on how the world works. Every trend, every illness, and or every popular shoe has its epidemic. Epidemics start suddenly just as trends do. Syphilis, began in Boston with one person and soon spread. The illness rapidly hit its “tipping point.” I think that is what the author is trying to explain to us. Everything like the increase in buying hushpuppies, to bad things like a syphilis epidemic has it’s breaking point known as it’s tipping point.
Finally,this book is something extraordinary. It opens the human eye and shows that we should be more observant and pay more attention. Overall, this book has a lot of good points and very useful ideas to learn from. I have gained a lot of knowledge from this book, and from my experience I would highly recommend this book to any other individuals with similar violations and even just in general. It really makes you think, but it’s that positive way of thinking. It doesn’t stress you out from not understanding the content, but instead lets you apply every idea to your