The Tipping Point

This reading was from “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” written Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell explains how something can start as a small thing and can "catch fire" and become popular just through word of mouth through his example of hush puppies. Hush puppies were unpopular and then suddenly became popular. He similarly describes the crime rate falling in New York City. He says if you would ask a police officer in NYC, they would say the rate falling was due to "Police strategies dramatically improving," but Gladwell states that the rate plummeted too fast for this to be true. He describes both of these events as epidemics in action. I strongly agree with the arguement Gladwell is making. Especially in the younger generations, if you see someone wearing something cool or someone that has something that you think is cool, you are automatically going to want to have it. And once you get it, people are going to see you with it and it will spread. I believe Gladwell gave very legitimate examples and good arguments.