Honestly from reading this excerpt I was thinking that the book is going to be based of someone's life story or an amount of short stories told by people that have been through it all. It feels like a story being told based on information that has been researched by others. I don't know what to except from the book but from what I read it sounds like an interesting book and cant wait to see or read the rest. From reading this little paragraph it seemed as if the story is going to be told by a third party, meaning that there will a lot of narration in the book. I'm just hoping its not a confusing book and its as easy as the novel "Tortilla Flat" either way cant wait to really find out what this book is all about because from what I read so far it seems very mysterious and very interesting. Lets hope that the name of the book lives up to its standards.
After reading the excerpt I think that the book will be about things becoming popular and will probably explain why they are popular and why they die out. I also think that they will be discussing the tipping point of stuff and where things go from there. By just reading the excerpt I have to say that I think that I am going to enjoy reading this book and its going to be interesting.
My first thought after seeing the exert for a second time since reading it the other day is that I am a little saddened that the 80/20 disproportionality becomes even more extreme when it comes to epidemics of a harmful nature, e,g, a.i.d.s. and other life threatening viruses. I wish acts of kindness garnered the same extremes. It is bothersome if 20% of the workforce does 80% of the work according to economists is true; I never saw it when I sorted boxes for UPS -moving +1300 pkgs per hours-, did construction jobs, or worked in the kitchens. If you didn’t pull your weight, your hours got cut, or got let go. I’m guessing economists don’t pay much attention to the labor force or certain fields of occupation and are talking about professional environments. Sure, there’s the one bad apple that whines, bellyaches, and never helps, but taking away the outliers of lazy and super gung-ho employees I find the work load among those I worked with to be a little more balanced. In each of my professions there are those that have more experience, talent, and ability than others. Every one that did their specific job did it according to their ability and talent. If a team member was in the weeds, whoever got free went and helped that member get caught up, otherwise we would all suffer because we’re a team. So, when I read the 80/20% comparison, I didn’t completely agree with that aspect in all applications.
After reading the excerpt, I thought that The Tipping Point is about Malcom Gladwell’s and other people’s short stories. I also thought that it might be about a tipping point, which is a particular edge in certain situations. A tipping point could represent people’s strengths, weaknesses, simplicities, difficulties, and the overcoming of obstacles. It might be similar to Malcom Gladwell’s book, David and Goliath. David and Goliath is a book, which describes how a person can overcome obstacles, use his/her strengths to go past his/her limitations, and become a successful person by picking his/her suitable environment. David and Goliath consists of people’s short stories, and a few choice-making scenarios. The information I wrote above is an inductive prediction, for what I think Gladwell’s book is about. I would also like to conclude, that the 80/20 Principle might be based on experimentation, and that most of The Tipping Point may consist of tests, experiments, and riddles. The rest of the book might be similar to the 80/20 Principle, even though I have never read this book. I am looking forward to reading it. This paragraph as a whole, clearly gives my prediction for The Tipping Point.
After reading this particular excerpt, I believe this book is going to be about certain group of people living in an area and their inequality they are having to deal with. I can tell as if the narrator is getting blamed for something he or she did not do, and they are being put at fault along with a group of people he or she might be affiliated with. I also feel as if the book might be about certain trends going on in society and how those trends die out and eventually form new trends.
After reading the excerpt I believe this book is going to point out how crucial a small portion is for a bigger event to take place. Even the title itself "Tipping Point" says a lot because it basically means the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.The example the author uses in this excerpt "When we say that a handful of East Village kids started the Hush Puppies epidemic, or that the scattering of the residents of a few housing projects was sufficient to start Baltimore's syphilis epidemic, what we are really saying is that in a given process or system some people matter more than others". I found this portion of the excerpt powerful because it gives away a huge message as to what this books is probably going to be about. This tells me that the book is probably going to talk about many important big events that have taken place and how small the starting point was. I think it is also going to give the message that in order for big things to happen all is needed is small step. The example of the epidemic is very appealing to me because I think is the perfect representation of a big important event. We all know how big an epidemic is and all the damage it can cause and how far it can go. In fact, all it takes is a single person to be sick and it can begin to spread from there. I personally think this book is going to be filled with powerful messages about how important small things are in order for bigger ones to take place. I think is going to describe multiple important events that have occurred maybe here in the United States or perhaps all over the world and will provide us with a "how it all begin" kind of explanation.
After reading the excerpt, I think the book Tipping Point will be about small things that make a huge difference. It will either be a good or a bad result. It only takes a few people to change the environment, lives, or community. The book states, "economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the work will be done by 20 percent of the participants". This is interesting, because it also gives examples like "20 percent of the criminals commit 80 percent of the crimes". The "work" means the damage that was done by the small portion of people. I think this book will explore different situations starting from crimes, health issues, or life decisions. I think it will explain how a small decision can lead to big consequences. Like the 20 percent of criminals can lead to hurting other families, community, and innocent people. That decision of one crime can later result to committing more and more crimes. It sounds like it will be an interesting book to read.
This excerpt reminds me of my nursing class. We have a board of student officers in which I am the student representative for the class. It seems that throughout the program, from beginning to end, there have been a small group of people (mostly class officers) who have done the majority of the fundraising, planning events, attending events etc. While it is our job to do a little bit of extra work due to the positions we hold, most of the fundraising and events are, in theory, supposed to be divided equally. We ask for participation, but it seems that the same people who have put in effort since the beginning, are the only ones who continue to do so. I was surprised to read the 80/20 theory and how it infiltrates so many other areas of society. I feel the same has happened in our class, and perhaps that is just something that exists amongst different groups of people.
From this excerpt, I believe Gladwell will be discussing widely known issues in our society today and how they came to be. From what I read, it seems that most of these began with a small number of people and grew exponentially. The title makes me believe that he will be talking about the small act that makes these issues jump from a local problem to a national or international problem. I’m not sure about the things he will be discussing; maybe distracted driving, smoking, and other lethal actions that are popular today. I was not surprised by the 80/20 theory because I have seen it many times, in school and at work. In group projects, the work should be divided equally among all the members. In reality, only a few of the members contribute most of the work because they care about the grade. I am curious to see what the book is actually about.
From this excerpt, I believe that Gladwell will be talking about an issue in our society that has been greatly affecting the human race. The small amount of things that greatly affects on how we live our life. The title, "The Tipping Point," suggests that things are going to change. Whatever the "old-school" way to do things, it will now change. I didn't get the impression that is going to be a good change nor a bad change either.
From the excerpt and the title of the book, I think it will be about the fascinating level at which something will spread like wildfire. For example, only a small group of people created a huge epidemic. I think the book will talk about how powerful something can become and how quickly it can spread and effect a large group of people.
I'm really intrigued by what little we've read of this book. So far it seems as though the book will have something to do with how small bodies of people affect the greater population and the repercussions of that. I'm not entirely sure if this affect is positive or negative in the book, but the author might dive into both aspects.
Just by reading the title and the author’s name I can tell the book is going to very interesting. Malcom Gladwelll always addresses interesting topics. Based of reading the first paragraph of the first chapter of The Tipping Point, I came to the conclusion that the book is going to address a particular epidemic. I hypothesize that the book will be about a particular time in life where things switch off rapidly in high magnitude without actual explanation. I think the book will address a widespread occurrence that is hard for individuals to understand or measure. I am actually very excited about reading this book.
By reading this text I feel that the book will be about the tipping point of how something so small like a disease in a small village can spread throughout the world. I have no idea of the exact topic of this book and what it will cover but I think it has something to do with epidemics and how important it is to be careful and polite to those around us.
I think this book might be about the inequality that happens through different sectors. This could apply to the work force, private sectors, or even at home. The book might also cover things that have happened in the past and what the effects the future may experience. I think that rule seems very interesting and if it is true, I am interested in finding out what other things apply to this rule.
After reading this excerpt for The Tipping Point, I think that the book will be about a lot of different situation at at which point did these situations become important or begin to cause an effect. I think the bigger picture may be about the spread of syphilis but he will use other examples throughout the book to demonstrate how all these event are alike in that they involve a "tipping point".
I think that this book is going to be about, based on the name, the point at which a minority of people are going to tip the scale and create epidemics from situations that may have otherwise be contained without their influence. In these circumstances, some people do matter more than others. From the Hush Puppies example I gather that we will be reading about social trends and perhaps cultural trends, and how they are started. Now I’m interested. Let the reading begin!
After reading this excerpt, I think that the Tipping Point talks about how something so small can have such a big impact. Just in that little excerpt, when Malcolm Gladwell says a few housing projects was sufficient to start Baltimore's syphilis epidemic” saying that a few people where enough to start an epidemic. It’s crazy how it only takes one person, or a few, to cause such a big impact. I remember when zica was going around. It started with a person or a few, then grew to a large amount of the population. I think also that they are going to focus on specifically the East Village kids. The whole book is going to be about those kids who, by the way he briefly described them, sounds like they are poor or not very fortunately like everyone else. It’s usually the lower class or the poor people who are prone to receive sicknesses. Since they don’t have the same opportunities everyone else has, they will not be able to cure it quick and pass it on to others. After others get it, it can still be spread through air and others will also get the epidemic. The book will be about the East Village kids who start the Baltimore’s syphilis epidemic causing others to get it. It will talk about their life, their struggles, and the obstacles they have to go through with the epidemic. I hope I was at least close to what the store is actually about.
I think this book will talk about how a video, idea, or product go through their tipping point. As mentioned on the excerpt, a single person can spread a virus, so this can also apply to trends or fashion. Just by the book title, I get the idea of it describing how something can become a viral sensation over night.
After reading this excerpt, I believe the book will be about a small group of people starting an epidemic that ends up having a huge impact on their community or society. Whether the epidemic will be a positive or negative, I’m not sure of yet. I feel like the climax of the book will lead to the “tipping point” of whatever epidemic or movement that is going on.
Based on the excerpt, I think the book will be about inequality since the excerpt did addressed the 80/20 principle. Also, I think it will tell stories of different events that have taken place and how one small thing can make a big change. The tipping point might also be how the change affects everyone although a small portion of people may have been part of it.
After reading this excerpt, I believe this book is going to shed light on the notion that the majority of ideas expand from the minority population. It was interesting to read that 80% of work is done by 20% of the people. I think this unequal ration happens more often than noticed. For example, group projects. Throughout my undergrad career I have experienced this problem occurring within my group. There is always one or two people that want to receive all of the credit without putting in all of the work. I believe this book will show other examples of this occurring within our society, but with deeper and more profound issues.
Because of our discussion post, I believe this book is going to be about trends or certain things being on the rise, good and bad. The title of the book sounds interesting, intense, and mysterious. "Tipping Point," maybe like something that keeps accumulating over time and it finally reaches its max. The 80/20 concept also sounded interesting; it reminded me of inequality. I look forward to reading this mysterious book.
Based on this excerpt, I think this book is going to be about inequality and stereotyping. The hush puppy craze was started by well to do kids with far too much money from their affluent parents in New York. The syphilis epidemic sounds like it started from low income project areas of Baltimore, where the people in this society could not afford medical care. I think the 80/20 principle is interesting, and am looking forward to finding out more about it. When I think of the 80/20 principle applied to school, it reminds me when you're in a class and the teacher assigns a group project. One or two people in that group will all the work, the other members will not do work, but take credit for the work. The hush puppy epidemic like Gangnam style is something that is not cool, but because some pretentious hipster living in the east village wanted to look cool by looking uncool some business executive said "oh we can sell these to the masses and up mark the price".
After reading the excerpt I believe the book is about a minority struggling in a city and maybe they have reached their "Tipping Point". I was given this idea because of the 80/20 rule that was mentioned, 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Whatever this book is about I'm sure it will make us look at a situation from a different perspective.
From reading this excerpt I believe that the book will be about society and how popularity and trends spread. The book sounds like it will make valid points and make the reader question a lot. So far by reading the excerpt, the book sounds like it is going to be very interesting.
From this excerpt, I believe that the book is going to be about something or someone that becomes very popular at some point. The title expresses the way this phenomenon became possible, and how or why washed out. I also believe that we are going to be reading about things happening in our society during this time.
Based on the excerpt I think this book is going to be alot like freakonomics. I think it will be talking about how things in society build on one another why people make the choices they make, and how all those things come together to make society work.
I think that the book will bring up many facts and statistics about different races and peoples social-economic status. It will give us real life examples of how people are treated in society. What we should be aware of and what to pay attention too. I think this book will be an eye opener for me.
I think based on the excerpt the book will be about ideas, trends, significant people or things that go viral or become of great importance. Also based on the point of 80/20 principal, I think the book will highlight how small number of people can make great differences and how those people change or influence society behavior.
Just from that excerpt, what do you think this book is going to be about?
Well it's hard to say because the Tortilla Curtain was not what I expected, so I feel like this book is also going to be about something totally different from it's title. However, it might be about the population's jobs and criminal activity in a certain country that economists done extensive research on. For some reason I also feel that it might slide into politics, and the author might explain which race groups work harder, commit more crimes, etc. I just hope it's not confusing and as easy and interesting to read as Tortilla Curtain.
After reading this excerpt, I think this book will be based around that 80/20 principal. I personally do not believe that as a whole that smaller percentages make up majority of whatever the case is but there are some things I do know like for example, African-Americans make up majority of the prison system but its not a lot of African-Americans in the world.
The thesis of the excerpt is definitely "... in a given process or system some people matter more than others." Later on, it goes to talk about the 80/20 principle, which explained in short that a small amount of people always effect the majority. From these two, I believe that this is simply about the frustrations of the minority of people who do the majority of the work, while also being unrecognized. However, this could also be an address to the small amount of people who actually do the work when it comes to epidemics. It is perhaps much easier to virtue signal and put up your support for these countries or group of people rather than actually donate or make a change in that area instead. We can take current examples such as terrorist acts in Paris, maybe, where a lot of people on Facebook put up the French flag on their avatar, yet most did not give their support to the French people after the incident except for a small amount of people who donated heavily towards those who've lost family members. I think some of this might apply to communities that we always sympathize with, such as the poorer parts of Africa, and even more "closer" cities such as Detroit or Chicago, whom have awful crime rates and poor education.
After Reading the excerpt, I believe the book will be based trends and how something small can make a big difference. I also believe that the 80/20 percent for instance, in the videos that go viral people do little things that make it such a big thing and they go viral. With reading the title, “The Tipping Point” I feel as if the story will be of things at their point of going viral or failing. I am excited to see what this story will be around because with just this paragraph it seems as if the author will have a lot of examples to get his point across.
- Potentially "The Tipping Point" will be about varies stories of different ideas and concepts that have reached the tipping point and have become very successful by a small percentage of people. For example a band of two people like The White Stripes reached their tipping point by becoming popular and the people who made that successful was Jack and Meg White. It probably wont discuss music though.
Based on the extract and the name of the book I'm going to guess it is about the 80/20 view. And how people will reach their limit and either crash or change and flip their life around for the better.
After reading the excerpt from the first chapter I believe this book will touch on the topic of the 80/20 principle. I think it will tell the stories of a variety of individuals and show how the 80/20 principle applies to them as well as go over the controversies of it.
The excerpt provided led me to believe that the book will be about a variety of personal experiences. In a small way it could possibly tie into business or something related, but mostly I think it has to do with how thing spread. I believe the Tipping point will be about the theory of the tipping point and how applying the 80/20 rule to understand how things may go viral or spread. I thought the paragraph was interesting in that it grouped both the Hush puppies craze and the syphallis epidemic together.
Based on the extract it gives me a good idea that its going to explain how it doesn't take many people for something to spread worldwide or at least nationwide. In the examples I found it extremely true that nearly majority of the crimes are committed by the same individuals which is true. Therefore this gives insight that it doesn't take many people but enough to start a trend that will eventually have a high participation rate.
After reading the piece from the Tipping Point, I thought of different things the books could be about. I think mainly that the book will cover scenarios like the 80/20 idea through different epidemics; to the points in which things begin to "tip over." It will probably talk about inequalities and what categories that they are placed in when people use the 80/20 scenario. The piece says "some people matter more than others," and I think they try to explain why certain people are being focused on or why they go through obstacles in life. I'm excited to see what exactly the book will be about well until I look it up right now.
I think we are going to be learning about how societies work. We are going to be learning about different concepts and ideas and in regards to the 80/20 theory, we are going to be learning about how to be applying that theory to different aspects of life. I think it will be a lot about why some things are popular and others are not and why some people are popular and others are not.
From reading this excerpt I feel that this book will be based on statistics and about the people who do bad things and realize it. It will touch on things that go on in our society that we look over and maybe things that a lot of us do, but don't realize how bad it is. I think it may be about doing things to please others, but they end up failing/not impressing anyone. Then, they turn their lives around for the better.
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Greetings,
This course has some weekly assignments that you must keep up on. There are also a few other papers and books to read throughout the semester. But if you keep up with the weekly assignments on here, your writing will improve and you will put yourself in a great position to do well in this class!
These are time sensitive. You do not receive credit if you write them after the deadline(Saturday) each week. Furthermore, if you are in the habit of writing everything on Saturday you will not receive full credit. Why? There would be no time for others to interact with your writing. Write early; write often! Right? Right!
HERE IS THE WORK THAT MUST BE COMPLETED EACH WEEK...
FIRST, there's a blog entry (about 250 words) which will have you respond to a hopefully thought-provoking question. Each week, you must do the blog entry with enough time left in the week to be able to enter into dialogue online with your classmates. Write, reply, write more, reply more, and then write and reply more.
SECOND, there's a reading. There’s no blog entry associated with this. Just read.
THIRD, there's a written response to the reading. Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the SATURDAY (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. This entry should be a long paragraph. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO OTHER STUDENTS IN PART THREE EACH WEEK.
Honestly from reading this excerpt I was thinking that the book is going to be based of someone's life story or an amount of short stories told by people that have been through it all. It feels like a story being told based on information that has been researched by others. I don't know what to except from the book but from what I read it sounds like an interesting book and cant wait to see or read the rest. From reading this little paragraph it seemed as if the story is going to be told by a third party, meaning that there will a lot of narration in the book. I'm just hoping its not a confusing book and its as easy as the novel "Tortilla Flat" either way cant wait to really find out what this book is all about because from what I read so far it seems very mysterious and very interesting. Lets hope that the name of the book lives up to its standards.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt I think that the book will be about things becoming popular and will probably explain why they are popular and why they die out. I also think that they will be discussing the tipping point of stuff and where things go from there. By just reading the excerpt I have to say that I think that I am going to enjoy reading this book and its going to be interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought after seeing the exert for a second time since reading it the other day is that I am a little saddened that the 80/20 disproportionality becomes even more extreme when it comes to epidemics of a harmful nature, e,g, a.i.d.s. and other life threatening viruses. I wish acts of kindness garnered the same extremes.
ReplyDeleteIt is bothersome if 20% of the workforce does 80% of the work according to economists is true; I never saw it when I sorted boxes for UPS -moving +1300 pkgs per hours-, did construction jobs, or worked in the kitchens. If you didn’t pull your weight, your hours got cut, or got let go. I’m guessing economists don’t pay much attention to the labor force or certain fields of occupation and are talking about professional environments.
Sure, there’s the one bad apple that whines, bellyaches, and never helps, but taking away the outliers of lazy and super gung-ho employees I find the work load among those I worked with to be a little more balanced.
In each of my professions there are those that have more experience, talent, and ability than others. Every one that did their specific job did it according to their ability and talent. If a team member was in the weeds, whoever got free went and helped that member get caught up, otherwise we would all suffer because we’re a team. So, when I read the 80/20% comparison, I didn’t completely agree with that aspect in all applications.
After reading the excerpt, I thought that The Tipping Point is about Malcom Gladwell’s and other people’s short stories. I also thought that it might be about a tipping point, which is a particular edge in certain situations. A tipping point could represent people’s strengths, weaknesses, simplicities, difficulties, and the overcoming of obstacles. It might be similar to Malcom Gladwell’s book, David and Goliath. David and Goliath is a book, which describes how a person can overcome obstacles, use his/her strengths to go past his/her limitations, and become a successful person by picking his/her suitable environment. David and Goliath consists of people’s short stories, and a few choice-making scenarios. The information I wrote above is an inductive prediction, for what I think Gladwell’s book is about. I would also like to conclude, that the 80/20 Principle might be based on experimentation, and that most of The Tipping Point may consist of tests, experiments, and riddles. The rest of the book might be similar to the 80/20 Principle, even though I have never read this book. I am looking forward to reading it. This paragraph as a whole, clearly gives my prediction for The Tipping Point.
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After reading this particular excerpt, I believe this book is going to be about certain group of people living in an area and their inequality they are having to deal with. I can tell as if the narrator is getting blamed for something he or she did not do, and they are being put at fault along with a group of people he or she might be affiliated with. I also feel as if the book might be about certain trends going on in society and how those trends die out and eventually form new trends.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt I believe this book is going to point out how crucial a small portion is for a bigger event to take place. Even the title itself "Tipping Point" says a lot because it basically means the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.The example the author uses in this excerpt "When we say that a handful of East Village kids started the Hush Puppies epidemic, or that the scattering of the residents of a few housing projects was sufficient to start Baltimore's syphilis epidemic, what we are really saying is that in a given process or system some people matter more than others". I found this portion of the excerpt powerful because it gives away a huge message as to what this books is probably going to be about. This tells me that the book is probably going to talk about many important big events that have taken place and how small the starting point was. I think it is also going to give the message that in order for big things to happen all is needed is small step. The example of the epidemic is very appealing to me because I think is the perfect representation of a big important event. We all know how big an epidemic is and all the damage it can cause and how far it can go. In fact, all it takes is a single person to be sick and it can begin to spread from there. I personally think this book is going to be filled with powerful messages about how important small things are in order for bigger ones to take place. I think is going to describe multiple important events that have occurred maybe here in the United States or perhaps all over the world and will provide us with a "how it all begin" kind of explanation.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt, I think the book Tipping Point will be about small things that make a huge difference. It will either be a good or a bad result. It only takes a few people to change the environment, lives, or community. The book states, "economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the work will be done by 20 percent of the participants". This is interesting, because it also gives examples like "20 percent of the criminals commit 80 percent of the crimes". The "work" means the damage that was done by the small portion of people. I think this book will explore different situations starting from crimes, health issues, or life decisions. I think it will explain how a small decision can lead to big consequences. Like the 20 percent of criminals can lead to hurting other families, community, and innocent people. That decision of one crime can later result to committing more and more crimes. It sounds like it will be an interesting book to read.
ReplyDeleteThis excerpt reminds me of my nursing class. We have a board of student officers in which I am the student representative for the class. It seems that throughout the program, from beginning to end, there have been a small group of people (mostly class officers) who have done the majority of the fundraising, planning events, attending events etc. While it is our job to do a little bit of extra work due to the positions we hold, most of the fundraising and events are, in theory, supposed to be divided equally. We ask for participation, but it seems that the same people who have put in effort since the beginning, are the only ones who continue to do so. I was surprised to read the 80/20 theory and how it infiltrates so many other areas of society. I feel the same has happened in our class, and perhaps that is just something that exists amongst different groups of people.
ReplyDeleteFrom this excerpt, I believe Gladwell will be discussing widely known issues in our society today and how they came to be. From what I read, it seems that most of these began with a small number of people and grew exponentially. The title makes me believe that he will be talking about the small act that makes these issues jump from a local problem to a national or international problem. I’m not sure about the things he will be discussing; maybe distracted driving, smoking, and other lethal actions that are popular today. I was not surprised by the 80/20 theory because I have seen it many times, in school and at work. In group projects, the work should be divided equally among all the members. In reality, only a few of the members contribute most of the work because they care about the grade. I am curious to see what the book is actually about.
ReplyDeleteFrom this excerpt, I believe that Gladwell will be talking about an issue in our society that has been greatly affecting the human race. The small amount of things that greatly affects on how we live our life. The title, "The Tipping Point," suggests that things are going to change. Whatever the "old-school" way to do things, it will now change. I didn't get the impression that is going to be a good change nor a bad change either.
ReplyDeleteFrom the excerpt and the title of the book, I think it will be about the fascinating level at which something will spread like wildfire. For example, only a small group of people created a huge epidemic. I think the book will talk about how powerful something can become and how quickly it can spread and effect a large group of people.
ReplyDeleteI'm really intrigued by what little we've read of this book. So far it seems as though the book will have something to do with how small bodies of people affect the greater population and the repercussions of that. I'm not entirely sure if this affect is positive or negative in the book, but the author might dive into both aspects.
ReplyDeleteJust by reading the title and the author’s name I can tell the book is going to very interesting. Malcom Gladwelll always addresses interesting topics. Based of reading the first paragraph of the first chapter of The Tipping Point, I came to the conclusion that the book is going to address a particular epidemic. I hypothesize that the book will be about a particular time in life where things switch off rapidly in high magnitude without actual explanation. I think the book will address a widespread occurrence that is hard for individuals to understand or measure. I am actually very excited about reading this book.
ReplyDeleteBy reading this text I feel that the book will be about the tipping point of how something so small like a disease in a small village can spread throughout the world. I have no idea of the exact topic of this book and what it will cover but I think it has something to do with epidemics and how important it is to be careful and polite to those around us.
ReplyDeleteI think this book might be about the inequality that happens through different sectors. This could apply to the work force, private sectors, or even at home. The book might also cover things that have happened in the past and what the effects the future may experience. I think that rule seems very interesting and if it is true, I am interested in finding out what other things apply to this rule.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this excerpt for The Tipping Point, I think that the book will be about a lot of different situation at at which point did these situations become important or begin to cause an effect. I think the bigger picture may be about the spread of syphilis but he will use other examples throughout the book to demonstrate how all these event are alike in that they involve a "tipping point".
ReplyDeleteI think that this book is going to be about, based on the name, the point at which a minority of people are going to tip the scale and create epidemics from situations that may have otherwise be contained without their influence. In these circumstances, some people do matter more than others. From the Hush Puppies example I gather that we will be reading about social trends and perhaps cultural trends, and how they are started. Now I’m interested. Let the reading begin!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this excerpt, I think that the Tipping Point talks about how something so small can have such a big impact. Just in that little excerpt, when Malcolm Gladwell says a few housing projects was sufficient to start Baltimore's syphilis epidemic” saying that a few people where enough to start an epidemic. It’s crazy how it only takes one person, or a few, to cause such a big impact. I remember when zica was going around. It started with a person or a few, then grew to a large amount of the population. I think also that they are going to focus on specifically the East Village kids. The whole book is going to be about those kids who, by the way he briefly described them, sounds like they are poor or not very fortunately like everyone else. It’s usually the lower class or the poor people who are prone to receive sicknesses. Since they don’t have the same opportunities everyone else has, they will not be able to cure it quick and pass it on to others. After others get it, it can still be spread through air and others will also get the epidemic. The book will be about the East Village kids who start the Baltimore’s syphilis epidemic causing others to get it. It will talk about their life, their struggles, and the obstacles they have to go through with the epidemic. I hope I was at least close to what the store is actually about.
ReplyDeleteI think this book will talk about how a video, idea, or product go through their tipping point. As mentioned on the excerpt, a single person can spread a virus, so this can also apply to trends or fashion. Just by the book title, I get the idea of it describing how something can become a viral sensation over night.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this excerpt, I believe the book will be about a small group of people starting an epidemic that ends up having a huge impact on their community or society. Whether the epidemic will be a positive or negative, I’m not sure of yet. I feel like the climax of the book will lead to the “tipping point” of whatever epidemic or movement that is going on.
ReplyDeleteBased on the excerpt, I think the book will be about inequality since the excerpt did addressed the 80/20 principle. Also, I think it will tell stories of different events that have taken place and how one small thing can make a big change. The tipping point might also be how the change affects everyone although a small portion of people may have been part of it.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this excerpt, I believe this book is going to shed light on the notion that the majority of ideas expand from the minority population. It was interesting to read that 80% of work is done by 20% of the people. I think this unequal ration happens more often than noticed. For example, group projects. Throughout my undergrad career I have experienced this problem occurring within my group. There is always one or two people that want to receive all of the credit without putting in all of the work. I believe this book will show other examples of this occurring within our society, but with deeper and more profound issues.
ReplyDeleteBecause of our discussion post, I believe this book is going to be about trends or certain things being on the rise, good and bad. The title of the book sounds interesting, intense, and mysterious. "Tipping Point," maybe like something that keeps accumulating over time and it finally reaches its max. The 80/20 concept also sounded interesting; it reminded me of inequality. I look forward to reading this mysterious book.
ReplyDeleteBased on this excerpt, I think this book is going to be about inequality and stereotyping. The hush puppy craze was started by well to do kids with far too much money from their affluent parents in New York. The syphilis epidemic sounds like it started from low income project areas of Baltimore, where the people in this society could not afford medical care. I think the 80/20 principle is interesting, and am looking forward to finding out more about it. When I think of the 80/20 principle applied to school, it reminds me when you're in a class and the teacher assigns a group project. One or two people in that group will all the work, the other members will not do work, but take credit for the work. The hush puppy epidemic like Gangnam style is something that is not cool, but because some pretentious hipster living in the east village wanted to look cool by looking uncool some business executive said "oh we can sell these to the masses and up mark the price".
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt I believe the book is about a minority struggling in a city and maybe they have reached their "Tipping Point". I was given this idea because of the 80/20 rule that was mentioned, 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Whatever this book is about I'm sure it will make us look at a situation from a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this excerpt I believe that the book will be about society and how popularity and trends spread. The book sounds like it will make valid points and make the reader question a lot. So far by reading the excerpt, the book sounds like it is going to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteFrom this excerpt, I believe that the book is going to be about something or someone that becomes very popular at some point. The title expresses the way this phenomenon became possible, and how or why washed out. I also believe that we are going to be reading about things happening in our society during this time.
ReplyDeleteBased on the excerpt I think this book is going to be alot like freakonomics. I think it will be talking about how things in society build on one another why people make the choices they make, and how all those things come together to make society work.
ReplyDeleteI think that the book will bring up many facts and statistics about different races and peoples social-economic status. It will give us real life examples of how people are treated in society. What we should be aware of and what to pay attention too. I think this book will be an eye opener for me.
ReplyDeleteI think based on the excerpt the book will be about ideas, trends, significant people or things that go viral or become of great importance. Also based on the point of 80/20 principal, I think the book will highlight how small number of people can make great differences and how those people change or influence society behavior.
ReplyDeleteJust from that excerpt, what do you think this book is going to be about?
ReplyDeleteWell it's hard to say because the Tortilla Curtain was not what I expected, so I feel like this book is also going to be about something totally different from it's title. However, it might be about the population's jobs and criminal activity in a certain country that economists done extensive research on. For some reason I also feel that it might slide into politics, and the author might explain which race groups work harder, commit more crimes, etc. I just hope it's not confusing and as easy and interesting to read as Tortilla Curtain.
After reading this excerpt, I think this book will be based around that 80/20 principal. I personally do not believe that as a whole that smaller percentages make up majority of whatever the case is but there are some things I do know like for example, African-Americans make up majority of the prison system but its not a lot of African-Americans in the world.
ReplyDeleteThe thesis of the excerpt is definitely "... in a given process or system some people matter more than others." Later on, it goes to talk about the 80/20 principle, which explained in short that a small amount of people always effect the majority. From these two, I believe that this is simply about the frustrations of the minority of people who do the majority of the work, while also being unrecognized. However, this could also be an address to the small amount of people who actually do the work when it comes to epidemics. It is perhaps much easier to virtue signal and put up your support for these countries or group of people rather than actually donate or make a change in that area instead. We can take current examples such as terrorist acts in Paris, maybe, where a lot of people on Facebook put up the French flag on their avatar, yet most did not give their support to the French people after the incident except for a small amount of people who donated heavily towards those who've lost family members. I think some of this might apply to communities that we always sympathize with, such as the poorer parts of Africa, and even more "closer" cities such as Detroit or Chicago, whom have awful crime rates and poor education.
ReplyDeleteAfter Reading the excerpt, I believe the book will be based trends and how something small can make a big difference. I also believe that the 80/20 percent for instance, in the videos that go viral people do little things that make it such a big thing and they go viral. With reading the title, “The Tipping Point” I feel as if the story will be of things at their point of going viral or failing. I am excited to see what this story will be around because with just this paragraph it seems as if the author will have a lot of examples to get his point across.
ReplyDelete- Potentially "The Tipping Point" will be about varies stories of different ideas and concepts that have reached the tipping point and have become very successful by a small percentage of people. For example a band of two people like The White Stripes reached their tipping point by becoming popular and the people who made that successful was Jack and Meg White. It probably wont discuss music though.
ReplyDeleteBased on the extract and the name of the book I'm going to guess it is about the 80/20 view. And how people will reach their limit and either crash or change and flip their life around for the better.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt from the first chapter I believe this book will touch on the topic of the 80/20 principle. I think it will tell the stories of a variety of individuals and show how the 80/20 principle applies to them as well as go over the controversies of it.
ReplyDeleteThe excerpt provided led me to believe that the book will be about a variety of personal experiences. In a small way it could possibly tie into business or something related, but mostly I think it has to do with how thing spread. I believe the Tipping point will be about the theory of the tipping point and how applying the 80/20 rule to understand how things may go viral or spread. I thought the paragraph was interesting in that it grouped both the Hush puppies craze and the syphallis epidemic together.
ReplyDeleteBased on the extract it gives me a good idea that its going to explain how it doesn't take many people for something to spread worldwide or at least nationwide. In the examples I found it extremely true that nearly majority of the crimes are committed by the same individuals which is true. Therefore this gives insight that it doesn't take many people but enough to start a trend that will eventually have a high participation rate.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the piece from the Tipping Point, I thought of different things the books could be about. I think mainly that the book will cover scenarios like the 80/20 idea through different epidemics; to the points in which things begin to "tip over." It will probably talk about inequalities and what categories that they are placed in when people use the 80/20 scenario. The piece says "some people matter more than others," and I think they try to explain why certain people are being focused on or why they go through obstacles in life. I'm excited to see what exactly the book will be about well until I look it up right now.
ReplyDeleteI think we are going to be learning about how societies work. We are going to be learning about different concepts and ideas and in regards to the 80/20 theory, we are going to be learning about how to be applying that theory to different aspects of life. I think it will be a lot about why some things are popular and others are not and why some people are popular and others are not.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this excerpt I feel that this book will be based on statistics and about the people who do bad things and realize it. It will touch on things that go on in our society that we look over and maybe things that a lot of us do, but don't realize how bad it is. I think it may be about doing things to please others, but they end up failing/not impressing anyone. Then, they turn their lives around for the better.
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