11 a.m., August 24, 2025
Join us this Sunday, either in person or online. We’ll watch Malcolm Gladwell discuss his new book Revenge of the Tipping Point and his rethinking of his 1999 book The Tipping Point in two different videos from October 2024.
In the first video Malcolm covers a range of social epidemics and the possible of social engineering to control them.
In the second video he specifically focuses on crime in New York City, and the possible effect of policy on crime.
Malcolm Gladwell Revisits “The Tipping Point” in New Book | Amanpour and Company
Oct 4, 2024
Walter Isaacson interviews Malcolm Gladwell about his latest book, “Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering.” Some 25 years after the publication of Gladwell’s groundbreaking first book, “The Tipping Point,” the author returns to the subject of social epidemics — this time, with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.
You can watch this 18:30 minute video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dMS7c-XwS8.
The Tipping Point I Got Wrong | Malcolm Gladwell | TED
Oct 30, 2024
In his 2000 bestseller “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell told the story of why crime fell in New York City in the 1990s. Now, 25 years later, he’s back with a confession and a mea culpa: “I was wrong,” he says. He shares how his analysis contributed to the rise of the infamous “stop and frisk” policing policy in New York City — and shows why journalists should avoid the trap of imagining a story is ever really over. (Followed by a Q&A with TED’s Monique Ruff-Bell. Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024)
You can watch this 17-minute video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmXrwKydM9k.
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries.
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