So, I don't want to break the rules or anything, but since I didn't post yesterday, I'm going to share quickly a couple books I have read lately that I really enjoyed. There is an author named Malcolm Gladwell and I just read two of his books: The Tipping Point and Outliers. His third one is called Blink and I would really like to read that at some point too. They are really interesting, and I don't want to really get into it now, but you should definitely check them out.
Now for today's subject. Actually, I will tie in my previous book recommendations with this part. Malcolm Gladwell defines the following as such:
tipping point: "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point."
outlier: (roughly) people who do not fit into our normal understanding of achievement
That gives you a vague idea of what the books are about, but basically he goes into detail, in the first one, about how a small thing can set off a huge trend or social/economic/etc. "virus" as he refers to it. The second is about the different natures of people and how we all function contribute differently to society. A lot of cool research and studies involved.
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I read "The Tipping Point" a couple of years ago and found it very interesting. I wonder if I still have the copy of the book...I remember seeing certain people I know in the characters he described. I'll refresh my memory and then we can talk about it.
ReplyDeleteI like that you used the author's definitions/descriptions rather than choosing a word and looking up the definition yourself. I definitely will be looking into these books.
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