Tipping Point In A Trend: Article Analysis

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I completely agree with you that certain behaviors can establish trends with a society because like Malcolm said if you tell a connector about a certain restaurant his response would result in him telling many people about that certain restaurant which can result in a tipping point in a trend.Although I don't agree with you when you quoted “tipping points can happen whenever and wherever” because later on in the book Malcolm talks about the power of context and how “epidemic are sensitive to the conditions and circumstances of the times and places in which they occur”. This concluded that a tipping point can’t occur whenever and wherever. I was also shocked to see how a few of people can cause a tipping point for a brand like the Hush Puppies

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