Revenge of the Tipping Point

Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

De: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with “curiosity and humor” in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light (Shannon Carlin). ​

Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.

Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.

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Fascinating, But a Lot of Sleight of Hand

Compelling and full of interesting ideas, stories, and facts, but, as always, Gladwell either skews some things to match his premise, or ignores alternative explanations entirely. For example, when discussing how cardiologists who move from a state where femoral catheter insertion is normal, to Buffalo, where wrist insertion is used (as in nearby Canada), Gladwell uses this as proof that people adhere to the norms of their location. He does not consider that, perhaps, the hospital in Buffalo has equipment set up and nursing staff fully trained to handle that particular procedure, forcing the new doctor to use that method. In discussing the Holocaust, he pretty much states almost no one in America knew about it until NBC broadcast Holocaust in 1978. I remember all students at my Catholic New Jersey high school in the 1960's being required to watch "Night and Fog", the graphic 1956 documentary about the concentration camps. Herman Wouk's novel "War and Remembrance" was a nationwide bestseller that dealt extensively and graphically with the Holocaust in 1971. Why is Miami so huge in Medicare fraud? Gladwell ignores one simple explanation: an overabundance of elderly people on Medicare. Again, in his section on gay marriage, he prominently features George W. Bush calling for a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage, but never mentions Bill Clinton signing the Defense of Marriage Act or Obama's support for that law. In vilifying Harvard University, he compares its carefully engineered student makeup to an elite technical college that is 46% Asian, hardly an apples-to-apples comparison. He ascribes all of it to an attempt to keep white protestants dominate, instead of maybe also an attempt to maintain a diverse student body that reflects the nation. Liberal politics and white guilt are a constant undercurrent.

Excellent analogy of epidemics!

If you have read any of Malcolm Gladwell‘s books in the past, you will enjoy this one. For a person that has read an extensive amount of social psychology research he takes things and puts them together, and put them in a format in which the average person can understand and enjoy. What I thought was so interesting about this one was at least half of the book I knew where he was going because I knew all the data and what had actually occurred I got the book on Tuesday and finish reading it today. I’ll probably reread it again this weekend!.

A great audiobook of a great book

It doesn’t get better than audiobooks by Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin. He tells great stories, connects them expertly, and the production value a second to none. Worth a listen.

Amazing Intelligent Observations demonstrating that we either learn or suffer the consequences.

After listening to the book Revenge of the Tipping Point. It has such amazing observations that, for some reason, it has prepared me for another Donald Trump presidency.

compelling stories and propulsive questions

I could listen to Malcolm Gladwell read the phone book, so the fact that the books he writes are written with as much charisma as they are style and empathy just makes me drunk on his work. Love it.

So many “ah ha!” moments!

I read the Tipping Point many years ago, and had no idea Gladwell was revisiting the topic. It is an interesting look at why humans act like we do, and how much we don’t realize that we aren’t always choosing things without outside influence. I can’t get behind the author fully though, since he’s really big on hateful Jordan Peterson. This has definitely made me less of a Gladwell fan.

Them goddamned sacklers

Gladwell does it again! I pray he stays well and keeps enlightening for many years to come.

The details of the research

Awesome follow up to the Tipping Point. In usual & amazing Malcolm Gladwell style, this book was riveting and couldn’t stop listening. He kept me guessing where he was going and surprised me many times. A must read/listen!

Extraordinary research

Another awesome audiobook by Malcolm Gladwell. I’ve listened to almost all of them. Mr. Gladwell is witty, thorough and innovative. As with a prism, he provides a different view every time. Merci beaucoup!

loved the update!

love listening to the new stories and the relevancy to them within the story. I also enjoyed the production with the music and sound effects. really well done